Louisiana-Pacific Corporation [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: LPX) announced that Alan Haughie has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Haughie succeeds Mike Kinney, who has served as interim CFO since July 2018. Kinney will return to his role as Treasurer and Investor Relations Director. Haughie most recently served as Senior Vice President and CFO of ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc. from 2013 to 2017. He joined ServiceMaster after spending 19 years with Federal-Mogul Corp., where he held a number of positions, including Senior Vice President and CFO; Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer; Director of Financial Planning and Analysis; and various financial planning and analysis roles in Federal-Mogul’s European aftermarket business.

SJI [FOLSOM, N.J.] (NYSE: SJI) announced that Cielo Hernandez joined SJI in the role of senior vice president and chief financial officer. Hernandez joins SJI from A.P. Moeller Maersk Line A/S where she served as vice president and chief financial officer for the region of North America.

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. [BROOKLYN, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: DCOM) announced that Avinash “Avi” Reddywas named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company and its subsidiary, Dime Community Bank. Mr. Reddy previously served as Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Development and Treasurer at the Company, beginning in 2017. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Reddy held several investment banking roles with firms including Evercore Partners, Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers.

Mark Del Priore

Harte Hanks [NEW YORK] (NYSE: HHS) announced the appointment of Mark Del Prioreas Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Del Priore succeeds Jon Biro, who decided to step down from the role and has agreed to remain with the company through February 28, 2019, to help facilitate a smooth transition. Mr. Del Priore joined Harte Hanks in November 2018 as its Chief Restructuring Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Del Priore was Chief Financial Officer at SITO Mobile. From 1999 to 2013, Mr. Del Priore served as a Principal at W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., L.L.C., where he evaluated and oversaw a number of W.R. Huff’s public and private investments.

Astreya [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Andrea Bendzick to Chief Financial Officer. Bendzick was most recently held the position of Senior Vice President of Global Delivery Operations at NTT DATA Services.

Avalon Healthcare Solutions [TAMPA, Fla.] announced the appointment of John Adams as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Adams served as the CFO of Alignment Healthcare. Prior to Alignment, Adams served as the CFO at Accumen. Other leadership roles held by Adams include EVP & COO at Acxiom; EVP, Business Solutions at Eclipsys; and CFO at AT&T Business Services. Adams worked in various financial and operational roles for 15 years with EDS in his early career.

Joseph Giordano

Custom Molded Products (“CMP”) [NEWNAN, GA.] announced the appointment of Joseph Giordano as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Giordano assumes the role of CFO from David Brooks, Interim CFO from Tenex Capital Management, investment partner to CMP. Giordano most recently served as CFO at Wencor Group. Prior to Wencor, Giordano was CFO and Treasurer for Drew Industries Incorporated. He began his career at some of the largest accounting firms including KPMG and Deloitte.

WellPet, LLC [TEWKSBURY, Mass.] announced that Bill McDonald has been elevated to the role of Chief Financial Officer. McDonald has been with WellPet for nearly a decade and previously served as Senior Director of Financial Planning and Business Development. His deep roots in finance also include management and financial planning roles for consumer brands and accounting roles for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Suffolk [BOSTON] announced it has hired former GE Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis Puneet Mahajan as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to this position at GE, Mr. Mahajan served as GE’s Chief Risk Officer, Chief Financial Officer of GE India, Chief Financial Officer of GE Capital Asia and Chief Financial Officer of GE Consumer Finance Japan.

David Weber

AxiomSL [NEW YORK & LONDON & SINGAPORE & MEDELLIN, Colombia] announced the appointment of David Weber as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Weber joins AxiomSL from Charles River Development (CRD), where he served as Chief Financial Officer since 2006. Prior to CRD, Mr. Weber held various roles at Sybase Inc., including Vice President of Worldwide and International Field Operations Finance; Senior Director of Professional Services; and Director of Operations. He was the Chief Financial Officer at Context Integration. Weber succeeds Eyal Amsalem, who has served as AxiomSL’s Chief Financial Officer since 2008. Mr. Amsalem will remain at AxiomSL as its Chief Administrative Officer.

The Dow Hotel Company [SEATTLE] promoted Steve Griffin to executive vice-president & chief financial officer. Griffin most recently was senior vice-president of finance. Prior to joining The Dow Hotel Company, he was chief financial officer for WineBid.com. He also held the same position with Tully’s Coffee Company.

Digi International Inc. [MINNETONKA, Minn.] (NASDAQ: DGII) announced that Gokul Hemmady, the company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, gave notice of his intention to resign effective on or about February 5, 2019. Mr. Hemmady is leaving the company to pursue an opportunity at a start-up business based in Silicon Valley in an emerging industry. The company has appointed Brian Ballenger to serve in the additional roles of Interim Treasurer and acting principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, effective upon Mr. Hemmady’s departure.

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. [RALEIGH, N.C.] (NASDAQ: BDSI) announced the appointment of Terry Coelho as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ms. Coelho served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Balchem Corporation. Previously, she served as Chief Operating Office for Diversey, Inc. and held senior finance positions at Diversey Care from 2014 through 2017. Ms. Coelho has also served in senior finance leadership roles at Novartis from 2007 to 2014. Ms. Coelho succeeds Ernie De Paolantonio who is retiring from the Company as previously announced.

Josh Baird

RedAwning Group [EMERYVILLE, CALIF.] announced the appointment of Josh Baird as Chief Financial Officer. Baird is the former Vice President of Asset Management at KHP Capital Partners. He is also the former Vice President of Asset Management at Kimpton Hotels and Restaurant chain where he worked for 12 years. Baird is taking over for John Wade, RedAwning CFO since 2010, who is retiring.

Gravie [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Charles Marentette has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Gravie, Marentette served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Walser Automotive Group in Minneapolis. Additionally, he has significant senior executive experience at Ceridian and Best Buy.

RLH Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: RLH) announced the appointment of Julie Shiflett as its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ms. Shiflett returns to RLH after having been its Chief Financial Officer from 2010 to December 2014. As Principal of NorthWest CFO, an outsourced financial expert consultancy, Ms. Shiflett spent numerous years since December 2014 working with RLH Corporation as a financial consultant. In addition to her history with RLH, Julie serves on the Board of Directors of Northwest Farm Credit Services. Ms. Shiflett began her professional career at with Coopers & Lybrand in 1986 and has held high level financial positions in a variety of industries. In addition to her tenure as CFO of Red Lion, Ms. Shiflett was CFO of Signature Genomic Laboratories (acquired by Perkin Elmer) from 2009 to 2010, VP of Finance and Administration of Columbia Paint and Coatings, Co. (which was acquired by Sherwin Williams) from 2006 to 2009, and CFO of Riley Creek Lumber Company from 2001 to 2006.

National Partners in Healthcare (NPH) [RICHARDSON, Texas] announced that David Hagey, has joined the leadership team as the Chief Financial Officer. Hagey comes to NPH from Epic Health Services, Inc., where he was Chief Financial Officer from 2014 to 2018. In March 2018, Epic was merged PSA, also a provider of pediatric home care, and Hagey continued as the Chief Financial Officer of the combined organization until joining NPH. Prior to joining Epic, he served as President and Chief Financial Officer of IntegraCare; Chief Financial Officer of Accuro Healthcare Solutions, and as Vice President and Controller of U.S. Operations for United Surgical Partners.

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: NVIV) announced the appointment of Richard Christopher as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining InVivo, Mr. Christopher was the Chief Financial Officer of iCAD, Inc. Prior to iCAD, Inc., Mr. Christopher was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. Prior to Caliber, Mr. Christopher held various positions of increasing responsibility at DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he ultimately served as Chief Financial Officer through its acquisition and integration into Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

Purple Innovation, Inc. [ALPINE, Utah] (NASDAQ: PRPL) announced that Mark Watkinsplans to step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer for personal reasons effective March 15, 2019, after filing the Company’s form 10-K.

Jeffrey R. Lass

Chart Industries, Inc. [ATLANTA, Ga.] (NASDAQ: GTLS) announced that Jeffrey R. Lass has joined as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lass joins Chart after serving as Vice President of Finance & Operations and Chief Financial Officer of CognitiveScale. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dover Fueling Solutions from December 2016 to May 2018, and previously served in various executive roles for Wayne Fueling Systems (both as part of its ownership by General Electric and Riverstone Holdings after its separation from General Electric in 2014) from February 2011 through December 2016. Lass also previously held Finance roles at Dresser, Inc., Pavilion Technologies, Trilogy Software, Inc. Applied Materials, Inc. and Pricewaterhouse LLP.

Digirad Corporation [SUWANEE, Ga.] (NASDAQ: DRAD) announced that David Noble, Digirad’s current Chief Operating Officer, assumed the additional role of Interim Chief Financial Officer of Digirad. Prior to joining Digirad as Chief Operating Officer in September 2018, Immediately prior to being appointed Chief Operating Officer of Digirad, Mr. Noble was the Managing Member of Noble Point LLC from October 2017 to August 2018. Between 2005 and 2017, Mr. Noble served in various capacities at HSBC, including over a decade as Managing Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets (ECM) for the Americas. Prior to joining HSBC, Mr. Noble served in various capacities at Lehman Brothers between 1997 and 2005, including as Senior Vice President, Equity Capital Markets.

Associated Capital Group, Inc. [RYE, N.Y.] (NYSE: AC) announced that Francis J. Conroy, Interim Chief Financial Officer, has indicated that he will be returning to GGCP, the privately-held parent of AC, as special assistant to the CEO effective April 1 following the filing of the Company’s Form 10-K.

A. O. Smith Corporation [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: AOS) announced the retirement of John J. Kitaand the appointment of Charles T. Lauberas Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2019. Lauber has been with the company for 19 years and most recently was SVP of Corporate Development and Strategy. Prior to joining A. O. Smith as director of audit and tax in 1999, Lauber held a number of audit and management roles as a senior manager at Ernst & Young LLP.

Nobilis Health Corp. [HOUSTON] (NYSE American: HLTH) announced it has named current SVP of Finance, Brandon Moreno, as the Company’s CFO.Mr. Moreno has 11 years of healthcare financial management experience across the Texas market. He has been with Nobilis for over 4 years, assisting with the Company’s progression within the finance, accounting and revenue cycle departments.

The&Partnership [NEW YORK] announced it has named Chad Gilchrist as its new CFO, North America. Gilchrist comes to The&Partnership with over 20 years of experience in marketing and advertising, most recently serving as global CFO for Group SJR. Earlier, he held prominent roles at J. Walter Thompson, DraftFCB and Modern Media.

ProPhase Labs, Inc. [DOYLESTOWN, PA] (NASDAQ: PRPH) announced that Monica Brady has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Brady has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since September 2017 and previously served as the Company’s Director of Finance since 2009.

Affinity Gaming [LAS VEGAS] announced the appointment of Mary Elizabeth Higgins as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Higgins has served as the Company’s interim CFO and Chief Operating Officer since June 2018. Before joining Affinity, Higgins was instrumental in establishing VICI Properties, a REIT spinoff from Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. (CEOC), and served as its CFO. From 2014 to 2017, she was CFO of CEOC, the largest subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Earlier in her career, Ms. Higgins served as CFO at companies such as Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc., Herbst Gaming, Inc., the predecessor company of Affinity Gaming, and Camco, Inc.

Tim Heher

DenMat Holdings, LLC [Lompoc, CA] announced the appointment of Timothy Heher as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Heher joins DenMat from CIRTEC Medical Systems where he served as Chief Financial Officer since 2014. Prior positions include VP of Finance at Zonare Medical Systems, as well as CFO roles at both United Medical Instruments and Allocade, Inc.

Loyola Medicine [MAYWOOD, Ill.] announced that Daniel P. Isacksen, Jr.has been named regional chief financial officer, a promotion from his post as regional senior vice president of finance and assistant treasurer. Isacksen joined Loyola Medicine in 2013. He served as controller and director of finance for the Loyola University Physician Foundation, manager of finance and treasury and financial analyst for Loyola from 1996 to 2000. Isacksen’s prior positions include chief financial officer for Alexian Brothers Health System’s physician enterprise, controller for St. Alexius Medical Center and vice president of finance and controller for St. Anthony Hospital. He started his career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Chia Network [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it has brought aboard Mitch Edwards to serve as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Edwards has held top executive positions at Overstock.com, BitTorrent and a range of other leading public and private companies.

Steve Mohr

Huntington Hospital [PASADENA, Calif.] announced that Steven L. Mohr joined as senior vice president, chief financial officer. Mohr joins Huntington Hospital from Providence St. Joseph Health Los Angeles, where he served as chief financial officer since 2014. Prior to Providence St. Joseph, Mohr served as chief financial officer for Loma Linda University Medical Center. Mohr began his career as senior auditor at Ernst & Young.

McGraw-Hill [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Mike Evans as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective January 1, 2019. Previously, he served as chief operating officer and CFO at Renaissance and as CFO at Ruffalo Noel Levitz. Before that, Mr. Evans led Pearson’s K-12 literacy and math businesses as well as their Student Information business and K-12 technology organization. Before joining Pearson, Mr. Evans held senior positions at BigChalk, The Food Network and Primedia, Inc.

Seagate Technology [CUPERTINO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: STX) announced that Gianluca Romano has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. Romano will join Seagate January 7th, 2019. Gianluca most recently served as corporate vice president, business finance & accounting at Micron Technology. Prior to that, he held executive positions at Numonyx and STMicroelectronics.

Gary Millerchip

The Kroger Co. [CINCINNATI] (NYSE: KR) announced its succession plan for Chief Financial Officer. J. Michael Schlotman, Kroger’s Chief Financial Officer since 2000, has decided to retire in December of 2019. Mr. Schlotman will continue as CFO through the end of Kroger’s fiscal 2018 and up to April 3, 2019. He will then remain an executive vice president of the company and continue to sit on the senior leadership team to support the company during this transition period until December 28, 2019. Gary Millerchip, CEO of Kroger Personal Finance, will succeed Mr. Schlotman as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kroger, effective April 4, 2019. Mr. Millerchip came to Kroger in 2010 from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to lead Kroger Personal Finance. Prior to that, Mr. Millerchip was responsible for the Royal Bank of Scotland Personal Credit Card business in the UK. Mr. Millerchip joined RBS in 1987 and held leadership positions in multiple disciplines during his time there.

Stein Mart, Inc. [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] (NASDAQ: SMRT) announced the appointment of James B. Brown as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Brown joins Stein Mart from Adrianna Papell Group, where he was CFO. He previously held CFO positions at Gordmans Stores and Hancock Fabrics and was Senior Vice President, Finance with Fred’s, Inc. Mr. Brown succeeds Gregory W. Kleffner, whose pending retirement was announced in October.

Editas Medicine, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EDIT) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Hack, will be stepping down from the Company, effective March 1, 2019, to return to the investment industry.

Combined Insurance [CHICAGO] a Chubb company, announced Chris Anderson as the company’s new Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Anderson previously held the role of Controller at Combined Insurance. Anderson joined Combined Insurance four years ago and has 30 years of professional accounting and finance experience at a major accounting firm.

Salvatore G. Takoushian

Urban Commons [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Salvatore G. Takoushian, as President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Takoushian was hired ahead of the acquisition of The Wagner at the Battery, New York City (formerly known as The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park). Before Urban Commons, Mr. Takoushian was Managing Director in the Real Estate and Lodging Investment Banking Division at Jefferies Group LLC. At Jefferies, he served as trusted advisor to Urban Commons. Prior to Jefferies, Mr. Takoushian spent 11 years within the investment banking division of Citigroup Global Markets where he had similar responsibilities.

Wind River [ALAMEDA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Bryan LeBlanc as chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as CFO of startup Spire Global Inc., a space to cloud analytics company. Prior to Spire, Bryan was CFO of Jive Software for nine years. Previous to Jive, LeBlanc served in various finance positions at companies including Webtrends Inc., Mercury Interactive Corporation, and inSilicon Corporation.

Social Reality, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: SRAX) named Michael Malone as its new Chief Financial Officer. Malone most recently served as VP of Finance for Westwood One, LLC. Prior to Westwood, Malone held positions of rising responsibility at Cumulus Media and Citadel Broadcasting.

Compass Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Lynne Sullivan as chief financial officer. Ms. Sullivan most recently served as senior vice president, finance at Biogen. Prior to Biogen, Ms. Sullivan served as a vice president overseeing tax function for Merck KGaA’s North American operations and was Serono’s Vice President, Tax, Americas and International for seven years. She was a tax partner in the Boston office of Arthur Andersen prior to joining Serono. She currently serves as director and chair of the audit committee for both resTORbio and Solid Biosciences.

Marc Walton

Maya Cinemas [PASADENA, Calif.] recently named Marc Waltonas their new Chief Financial Officer. Previous to Maya, Marc worked for Millennia Housing Management, Ltd as their Chief Accounting Officer and for GK Management Co., Inc. as their Chief Financial Officer. Marc’s cinema exhibition experience includes 10 years at Reading International, Inc.

AutoWeb, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AUTO) appointed J.P. Hannan as executive vice president, chief financial officer. Hannan succeeds Interim CFO Wes Ozima, who will remain at AutoWeb in his prior role as senior vice president, controller. Hannan is a media veteran with more than 20 years of public and private CFO experience across various organizations, including Social Reality (SRAX), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Modern Luxury Media and Lincoln Financial Media Company (LNC). Hannan has served on the board of directors for several technology and media companies, including Asian Media, Regent Communications (RGCI), Bullpen Ventures and iBlast Networks. He also currently serves as the chairman of the board of Barefoot Luxury.

Generation Bio [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Tom Graney will be appointed chief financial officer (CFO). Tom joins the Generation Bio team from Vertex Pharmaceuticals where he served as CFO. Prior to Vertex, at Ironwood, he was responsible for finance, accounting, corporate strategy, corporate development, quality, supply chain, IT, corporate communications and investor relations. Before Ironwood, he spent 20 years with Johnson & Johnson, serving in various roles in the U.S. and abroad, most recently as worldwide vice president of finance and CFO for Ethicon Surgical Care. Graney serves on the board of directors of AC Immune SA.

Trinity Industries, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: TRN) announced that James E. Perry, the Company’s current Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has notified the Company of his decision to transition from employment with the Company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Perry will remain in the Chief Financial Officer role until Trinity has filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Company also announced that Melendy Lovett will assume the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer following the filing of the Company’s 2018 Form 10-K. Ms. Lovett’s current role with the Company is Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, and she has oversight of the Company’s railcar leasing business. Prior to joining Trinity as an executive, Ms. Lovett was a member of Trinity’s Board of Directors and had a 20-year career with Texas Instruments (“TI”), most recently as Senior Vice President and President of TI’s education technology business. Prior to joining TI, she was a senior manager with Coopers & Lybrand.

Bruce F. Katz

Agilence, Inc. [MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.] announced the addition of Bruce F. Katz as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Agilence, Bruce held financial leadership positions with a number of technology companies including Datapipe and EnterpriseDB.

Bovie Medical Corporation [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: BVX) announced the appointment of Tara H. Semb as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 2, 2019. Prior to joining Bovie Medical, Ms. Semb was the Chief Financial Officer for AVAIL Vapor LLC, from 2015 until 2018. Ms. Semb previously worked for Amsted Industries, in multiple positions of increasing responsibility from 2006 until 2015, culminating in her promotion to Director of Finance for the company’s rail bearings division in 2013. Before joining Amsted Industries as Director of Internal Audit in 2006, she held financial and operational roles at Blyth Industries, and Anixter International. She began her career in 1991 as an auditor at Price Waterhouse.

SeriousFun Children’s Network [WESTPORT, Conn.] named Justin Fusaro as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Over the last 11 years, Fusaro has served in a number of roles at New York University, most recently as Senior Director, Budget and Planning.

SPX FLOW, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NYSE: FLOW) announced the appointment of Jaime Easley as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Easley will succeed Jeremy Smeltser who has resigned from the company after serving as Vice President and CFO over the past three years. Easley served as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since the company’s spin off from SPX Corporation in September 2015. He joined SPX in 2011 and served as Director of Internal Audit for three years and as Chief Financial Officer of the Industrial Products and Services segment of SPX Corporation from June 2014 through September 2015. He began his career in 2000 at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Paul Estrem

NorthStar Medical Technologies, LLC [BELOIT, Wis.] announced the appointment of Paul Estrem as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining NorthStar, Mr. Estrem served as CFO at Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. Previously, he was with Baxter International, Inc. for more than 20 years, where he held both financial and non-financial positions of increasing responsibility. During his tenure at Baxter, his experiences included divisional CFO for various divisions of Baxter, CFO of Baxter’s operations in Japan and serving as the Vice-President of Integration for a large acquisition. Prior to Baxter, Paul was a public accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Incipio Group [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Stephen ‘Steve’ Finney as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Finney served as CFO for KCD Brands, the division of Sears Holdings Corporation. From 2012 to 2015, Finney was the leader for retail businesses in North America markets for Quiksilver. Prior to Quiksilver, Finney had a career of more than 21 years with The Walt Disney Company where he held global positions in global business development, operations, finance and controllership across multiple divisions. At the start of his professional career, Finney held finance and accounting positions in the hotel design and construction divisions with Marriott Corporation and with Clark Construction Group.

Cuentas, Inc. [MIAMI] (OTCQB: CUEN) announced the appointment of Ran Daniel to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Since June 2018, Mr. Daniel has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Maayan Ventures Ltd. Mr. Daniel has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Blue Sphere Corporation from April 2016 through April 2018. From August 2014 to March 2016, Mr. Daniel served as the General Counsel and Head of the Family Office of Elie Tahari Ltd., and from December 2012 to August 2014, he has served as Executive Vice President of IDH Properties LLC, an affiliate of the Elad Group.

New Senior Investment Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SNR) announced the appointment of David Smith as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Smith brings 15 years of REIT experience to the Company. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Smith served as a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Prior to joining Fortress, Mr. Smith held various finance, capital markets and investor relations roles at Ventas and Omega Healthcare Investors, and began his career in the real estate investment banking group at A.G. Edwards.

Sharp Electronics Corporation [MONTVALE, N.J.] today announces that Moonsun Park has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer for Sharp Electronics Corporation. After beginning her career with LG Electronics, Moonsun joined Sharp in 1998 as the manager of the Accounting Department and has since worked in various roles with the company. In March 2009, she was named Senior Manager of Revenue Accounting and in 2014 she was promoted to Corporate Controller. Earlier this year, she was elevated to Senior Vice President.

Summer Infant, Inc. [WOONSOCKET, R.I.] (NASDAQ: SUMR) announced that Paul Francese has been appointed as the Company’s new Senior Vice President and CFO. Mr. Francese replaces William Mote, who has resigned to pursue other professional interests. Francese most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Rain Carbon Inc. which he joined in 2015. From 2012 until 2014, Mr. Francese served as Summer Infant’s CFO and, prior to that, spent eight years as the Chief Financial Officer of OCI Enterprises. During the past 35 years, Mr. Francese has held positions at various levels of increasing responsibility at Cannondale Bicycle Corp., Pitney Bowes, FCI/Berg Electronics Group, Huffy Corporation, Litton Industries, United Technologies, and General Electric.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. [CALHOUN, Ga.] (NYSE: MHK) announced that Frank H. Boykin, chief financial officer, is planning to retire in 2019. Boykin joined Mohawk in 1993, moving up through various finance roles prior to his appointment as CFO in January 2005.

Newell Brands [HOBOKEN, N.J.] (NYSE: NWL) announced the appointment of Christopher “Chris” H. Peterson as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. The company previously announced current Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Ralph Nicoletti’s plans to retire at the close of 2018. Prior to his role at Newell Brands, Chris Peterson was Chief Operating Officer, Operations at Revlon, Inc. Previously he spent four years at Ralph Lauren, recruited as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and ultimately leaving the company as President, Global Brands, while retaining his CFO responsibilities. Prior to Ralph Lauren, Chris spent 20 years at Procter & Gamble in various roles of increasing responsibility, latest of which was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Global Household Care. He began his professional career in investment banking at Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co, Inc.

Tennant Company [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TNC) announced the appointment of Keith A. Woodward to the position of Senior Vice President, CFO, effective Dec. 1, 2018. Mr. Woodward replaces Tom Paulson who announced his retirement earlier this year. Mr. Woodward spent the last 26 years with General Mills, Inc., most recently as Senior Vice President, Global Treasurer and prior to that as Senior Vice President, Finance, U.S. Retail for seven years. He currently sits on the Boards of Directors for Seneca Foods Corporation and Phillips Distilling Company.

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NYSE: HGV) announced the appointment of Daniel J. Mathewesas chief financial officer (CFO). Mathewes joins HGV from Virgin Hotels North America, where he was CFO since 2016. Prior to that role, Mathewes was CFO of The World and previously served as senior vice president of finance and treasury for Kerzner International. During his career, Mathewes also worked in multiple financial leadership capacities with NCL Corporation and Royal Caribbean Cruises. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Social Reality, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: SRAX) announced that J.P. Hannan will step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hannan will continue to work for the Company during a yet to be determined transitional period. After Mr. Hannan’s last day of employment, Christopher Miglino, the Company’s president and CEO will serve as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer, on an interim basis, until a successor for Mr. Hannan has been identified.

Syncsort [PEARL RIVER, N.Y.] announced that Kristian Talvitie has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Syncsort, Kristian served as CFO at Sovos Compliance, LLC. Before that, he held a variety of positions at PTC (NASDAQ: PTC).

Joe Scarano

RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc. [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Joe Scarano to Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Scarano served as CFO for Industrial Container Services. Previously, he spent a long tenure in the solid waste management industry, including the CFO position with WCA Waste Corporation.

Mood Media [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Stephen Duggan joined as EVP & Chief Financial Officer. Duggan spent the last six years at media giant Viacom and served in various positions, most recently as the Worldwide General Manager of Global Business Services. Duggan began his career at Arthur Andersen. He moved on to become the Chief Operating & Financial Officer of Publishing Group of America, the CEO of Alpha Media Group, and the President & CEO of Athlon Sports Communications prior to joining Viacom in 2012. Tom Garrett, Mood’s current EVP & Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Mood business and pursuing new opportunities.

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: GDI) announced that Neil Snyder will succeed Todd Herndon as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective January 1, 2019. Herndon will stay on with the company to assist in the transition of the CFO role to Snyder. Snyder is currently Senior Vice President of Global Finance, Business Development & Planning. Snyder joined Gardner Denver in March 2016 as Vice President of Strategy & Planning, Industrials Segment. In January 2017, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Strategy, Business Development & Planning, and in August 2018, he took on expanded responsibilities with the appointment to his current role of Senior Vice President of Global Finance, Business Development & Planning, which includes leadership of the global finance and controllership functions. Prior to joining Gardner Denver, Snyder served at Capital Safety Inc. as its Vice President, Head of Financial Planning and Analysis from June 2012 to January 2016, and President, Europe, Middle East and Africa from September 2013 to May 2014. Before Capital Safety, he held various executive roles of increasing responsibility at United Technologies Corporation from 2007 to 2012. Snyder started his career at Ernst & Young LLP in public accounting. Herndon plans to retire later in 2019. Until then, he will stay with the company in an executive capacity and assist in the transition of the CFO role.

Ellie Mae® [PLEASANTON, Calif.] (NYSE: ELLI) announced that Dan Madden will join the organization as executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on December 20, 2018. Dan currently serves as Chief Financial Officer for Revel Systems. Prior to joining Revel, Dan was the Chief Financial Officer at Cepheid, and VP Finance & Corporate Controller at Symmetricom. Previously, Dan held financial leadership positions at Sonic Solutions, Advanced Fibre Communications, and McKesson. Dan began his career with Ernst & Young.

John McDonnell

Evive [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of John McDonnell to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Evive, McDonnell served as Chief Financial Officer of Infogix.

Team, Inc. [SUGAR LAND, Texas] (NYSE: TISI) announced that Susan M. Ball has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ball will succeed Greg L. Boane who stepped down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and will serve as a special advisor to Team’s Chief Executive Officer, to ensure a seamless transition. Prior to joining Team, Ball served for more than 12 years at CVR Energy, Inc. in various roles of increasing responsibility. In 2012, she was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for CVR Energy and its subsidiaries, CVR Refining, LP and CVR Partners, LP.

Christopher Free

TruWest Companies [WESTLAKE, Ohio] announced the hiring of new Chief Financial Officer Christopher Free. Free brings over 14 years of experience in financial management, mostly recently serving as Chief Financial Officer at Sandridge Foods. Chris has also served as Group Controller and Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis at Nordson Corporation and has experience in a variety of roles at Ernst & Young LLP.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] (NASDAQ: LQDA) announced that Kevin Gordon, President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire from his current role at Liquidia to focus on board and other advisory work. Mr. Gordon has agreed to continue his employment with the company until March 1, 2019.

Western Digital Corp. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: WDC) announced that Mark Long, chief financial officer, chief strategy officer and president, Western Digital Capital, has decided he will step down from his current role to pursue opportunities as a private equity investor. Long will remain an active member of the company’s leadership team through June 1, 2019. Long has served as Western Digital’s chief financial officer since 2016. Prior to that, he served as the company’s executive vice president and chief strategy officer since February 2013. Additionally, Long has served as president, Western Digital Capital, a strategic investment fund targeting innovative companies within the data infrastructure and broader technology industry aligned to Western Digital’s strategic plan, since February 2013.

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. [ALPHARETTA, Ga.] (NASDAQ: PRTH) announced that Michael Vollkommer will be joining the Company as its new Chief Financial Officer and that Bruce Mattox will transition from Chief Financial Officer to a new role as Chief Accounting Officer. Vollkommer most recently served as the CFO of Vesta Corporation, and before that was the CFO of Mueller Water Products. From 2001 to 2006 Vollkommer was EVP and CFO of Certegy Inc.

The Scoular Company [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that Andrew Kenny will join Scoular as its Chief Financial Officer, effective January 2, 2019. Kenny joins Scoular from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) where he was based in Switzerland serving as the Vice President and CFO of its Global Trade business. Kenny has served in commercial and finance leadership roles of escalating responsibility with ADM for the last eight years, both in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining ADM, Kenny served in domestic and international positions with Deloitte & Touche.

ImmunoGen, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: IMGN) announced that David B. Johnston has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Johnston will remain employed with the Company through the end of 2018 and thereafter will serve as a consultant to provide transitional support. David Foster, Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, will continue to oversee ImmunoGen’s Finance and Accounting functions. Mark Enyedy, President and Chief Executive Officer, will serve on an interim basis as the Company’s principal financial officer, as well as lead its Investor Relations function.

The Amynta Group [NEW YORK] announced that Brian Seldess has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Interim CFO Josh Damon will work closely with Brian during a transition period to ensure continuity. Damon will be joining Amynta’s Board of Directors. Seldess joins Amynta from Solera where he was CFO & Regional Managing Director of its Audatex business and the leader of Solera’s global financial planning and analysis function. Prior to Solera, Brian was the Chief Financial and Operating Officer of SunGard Insurance. Brian joined SunGard after many years at Marsh & McLennan Companies where he held various executive positions. Prior to Marsh, he served for ten years as VP Business Development, Analysis and Planning with American Express.

Freedom Leaf Inc. [Las Vegas, NV] (OTCQB: FRLF) announced the promotion of Laurence Ruhe, currently the Company’s Controller, to Chief Financial Officer. Ruhe replaces Richard Groberg, who will remain on the Company’s Board and also serve on the Board’s newly-formed Finance Committee. Mr. Ruhe joined Freedom Leaf in July with over 30 years of finance experience, most recently as SVP of Global Finance at BMM International. Mr. Ruhe held senior finance positions at Progressive Gaming and Konami Gaming. Mr. Ruhe also worked in international banking, including positions at Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank, and Banca CRT.

J.Jill, Inc. [QUINCY, Mass.] (NYSE: JILL) announced that Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operating Officer Dave Biese will be leaving the company on April 30, 2019.

Jason Warnick

Robinhood [Menlo Park, California] appointed Jason Warnick as Chief Financial Officer. Jason joins from Amazon where he spent nearly 20 years, most recently as VP of Finance and Chief of Staff to their CFO.

Hill International, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: HIL) announced the appointment of Todd Weintraub as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Weintraub worked with CFO Outsource, LLC, and prior to that, spent 10 years with Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, serving as CFO for 7 years. Mr. Weintraub’s business experience includes serving on the Board of Directors for International Matex Tank Terminals, Atlantic Aviation, Macquarie Renewable Energy Holdings, Hawaii Gas, and Parking Company of America, where he was Chair. Mr. Weintraub replaces Interim Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer Greg Wolf.

Vivos Therapeutics [DENVER] announced Brad Amman has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Vivos Therapeutics Mr. Amman held executive leadership positions at CereScan and LifeVantage. Most recently, he served as CFO/COO at InLight Medical.

Seismic [SAN DIEGO] named John McCauley as their first Chief Financial Officer. McCauley brings more than a decade of experience in leading financial teams at firms including Illumina and ServiceNow.

Anthony H. Kim

Marker Therapeutics, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: MRKR) announced the appointment of Anthony H. Kimas its new Chief Financial Officer. Michael J. Loiacono, who has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer since August 2016, will continue in his role as Marker’s Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Marker Therapeutics, Mr. Kim was an Executive Director in the Healthcare Group at Nomura Securities International, Inc. Before joining Nomura, Mr. Kim was a Senior Vice President at Jefferies in their Healthcare group. Previously, he was an investment banker at Oppenheimer & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities.

Customers Bancorp, Inc. [WYOMISSING, PA] (NYSE: CUBI), the parent company of Customers Bank. announced that Carla Leibold was appointed to serve as the holding company and bank’s Chief Financial Officer, and as a member of the bank’s Office of the Chair. Leibold joined Customers in 2013 as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Earlier in 2018, Leibold was promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Prior to joining Customers, Leibold served as the principal accounting officer for Farmer Mac where she was the Vice President and Controller from 2010-2013. She also served as the Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting of Farmer Mac from 2007-2010. Leibold started her career in public accounting and held various roles of increasing leadership responsibility at Sallie Mae and Freddie Mac before joining Farmer Mac. Leibold replaces Robert Wahlman who is leaving for personal reasons and to pursue other interests.

Partnerize [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it hired Mike Lemberg as Chief Financial Officer. Lemberg joined Partnerize after four years at ServiceSource International. Before ServiceSource, Mike’s experience included being the CFO of EcoSmart Technologies, and the VP Corporate Development and Treasurer at Arbinet. He has held numerous other CFO and senior finance positions at growth stage and technology companies.

AmerisourceBergen Corporation [Chesterbrook, PA] announced that Tim G. Guttman retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and the appointment of James F. Cleary, Jr.as his successor became effective. Mr. Cleary has served as an Executive Vice President since joining the Company in March 2015. Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer on November 9, 2018, he served as Group President, Global Commercialization Services & Animal Health from June 2017 to November 2018, and as President, MWI Veterinary Supply from March 2015 to June 2017. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cleary was President and Chief Executive Officer of MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. from June 2002.

Halliburton Company [HOUSTON] (NYSE: HAL) announced that Lance Loeffler, previously vice president of Investor Relations, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Chris Weber is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Loeffler joined Halliburton in 2014. He served as vice president of Corporate Development for two years before assuming leadership of Investor Relations. Before joining Halliburton, he held director positions at Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and UBS Investment Bank where he focused on the firms’ oil and gas clients.

Christopher J. Eperjesy

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company [FINDLAY, Ohio] (NYSE: CTB) announced that Christopher J. Eperjesy will join the company as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer effective Dec. 10. Eperjesy will succeed Ginger M. Jones, who as previously announced, is retiring. Eperjesy joins Cooper from The IMAGINE Group (formerly Imagine! Print Solutions), where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that role, Eperjesy was Chief Financial Officer for Arctic Cat, Inc., and served as Chief Financial Officer for more than a decade with Twin Disc, Inc. Earlier in his career, Eperjesy held finance leadership positions with Kmart Corporation and Chrysler Corporation/DaimlerChrysler AG. He began his career in public accounting with Coopers & Lybrand, LLP.

Actian [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Lewis Black as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Actian, Black was the General Manager of Nexmo. He has finance and operational leadership experience working with past companies such as AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Avaya and Citrix.

Tidewater Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: TDW) announced that Quinn P. Fanning has stepped down from his position as Tidewater’s Chief Financial Officer. Tidewater’s board of directors has appointed Quintin V. Kneen, who served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GulfMark prior to the recent business combination, as Tidewater’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Schrödinger [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Joel Lebowitzas chief financial officer. Before joining Schrödinger, Mr. Lebowitz spent much of his career at Merck, serving most recently as global finance lead, project management.

Cactus, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: WHD) announced that the Company has appointed Stephen Tadlock, who has served as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 15, 2019. Brian Small, the current Chief Financial Officer, will remain with the Company and transition full-time to a new role as Senior Finance Director. Mr. Tadlock was appointed Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Cactus in March 2018. He joined the Company in June 2017 as Vice President of Corporate Services. He worked with Cactus Wellhead, LLC, the operating subsidiary of Cactus, since its founding in 2011 as a Board observer on behalf of Cadent Energy Partners. Mr. Tadlock previously worked at Cadent Energy Partners LLC from 2007 to 2017, where he most recently served as a Partner from 2014 to 2017. Prior to joining Cadent Energy Partners LLC, Mr. Tadlock was a consultant to Cairn Capital. Previously he was Associate to the CEO of SoundView. Mr. Tadlock began his career as an analyst at UBS Investment Bank in New York, New York.

Cancer Genetics [RUTHERFORD, N.J.] (NASDAQ: CGIX) announced the appointment of Glenn Miles as Chief Financial Officer, effective November 26, 2018. Miles has been a contractor with Cancer Genetics since July 13, 2018. Prior to joining Cancer Genetics, Glenn served as President and CFO of Catalytic Consulting LLC. Previously, he was Biopharma Controller for Europe, Latin America and U.S. oncology at Pfizer. Prior to joining Pfizer, he held various senior-level finance positions at Lehman Brothers and AT&T Mobility. He began his career as a public accountant at Grant Thornton.

Christine Komola

Vets First Choice [PORTLAND, Maine] announced the appointment of Christine Komola as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Komola joined the company from Staples after approximately two decades of service, where she most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

EQUITYMULTIPLE [NEW YORK] announced the hiring of Brett Klein as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to EQUITYMULTIPLE, Mr. Klein was a key senior member of Colony Northstar. He served as Managing Director and Head of Alternative Products, as well as Chief Operating Officer for four public, non-traded companies and as a member of the investment committee for seven public, non-traded companies.

Cybereason [BOSTON] hired Russell Stein as Chief Financial Officer. Stein was most recently at Intellectual Ventures where he worked for more than eight years as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & Investments and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he spent 15 years at Merrill Lynch in a variety of roles, including CEO of Merrill Lynch Bank, Managing Director, Head of Global Corporate Finance (Investment Banking Division) and Global Treasurer.

Millendo Therapeutics, Inc. [ANN ARBOR, Mich.] announced the appointment of Louis Arcudi III as Chief Financial Officer. Until recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer at Idera Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Idera, he served as Vice President of Finance and Administration for Peptimmune, Inc. Before his time at Peptimmune, Mr. Arcudi served as Senior Director of Finance and Administration at Genzyme Molecular Oncology Corporation, after serving as Director of International Finance and Commercial Operations at Genzyme Corporation from 1998–2000. Earlier in his career, he held finance positions with increasing levels of responsibility at Cognex Corporation, Millipore Corporation and General Motors Corporation.

CURE Pharmaceutical [OXNARD, Calif.] (OTC: CURR) announced it has tapped Alex Katz to be the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Recently, he served as a managing partner for ff Venture Capital and Differential Venture Partners.

Dain Parkinson

Nexus [MINNEAPOLIS] selected Dain Parkinson as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Parkinson’s former experience includes CVS, United Health Group, Honeywell, and Morgan Stanley. Before joining Nexus, he served as CFO of Merwin Long Term Care.

Frederick Wildman and Sons [NEW YORK] hired Zaarath Prokop as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Prokop served as director of revenue management at William Grant & Sons, finance director for Disaronno USA and in several commercial finance positions with Remy Cointreau USA. She has held multiple professional finance roles before joining the wine and spirits industry, including with Ford Motor Company.

Flexport [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the addition of Sudhanshu Priyadarshi as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Vice President of Finance for Walmart U.S. eCommerce, driving all retail finance operations for Walmart.com, Hayneedle.com, Shoes.com, Moosejaw.com, Vudu.com, Store No. 8, and Walmart’s partnership with Google. Before Walmart, he was the Global Chief Operating Officer of Cipla and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo’s Global Nutrition Platforms and Global R&D.

Recall Studios, Inc. [New York, NY] (OTCQB: BTOP) announced it appointed Anand Gupta, as Recall’s Chief Financial Officer. During his career within the media and entertainment industry, Mr. Gupta has served as the Executive Vice President, Finance and Business Operations at Al Jazeera America; as Vice-President, Business Planning and Operations at HBO; as Vice-President, Financial Planning at Warner Bros.; and as the Head of Finance and Business Development at Eidos Interactive.

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. [DENVER] (NYSE: BCEI) announced the hiring of Brant H. DeMuth as Chief Financial Officer. He will be assuming the role of principal financial officer from Scott A. Fenoglio, who has served as the Company’s principal financial officer since August 2017. Mr. DeMuth previously served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at SRC Energy Inc. from October 2014 until November 2018. Prior to joining SRC Energy, Mr. DeMuth served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of DJ Resources, LLC from August 2013 to September 2014 and as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development of Gevo, Inc. from June 2011 to May 2013.

Procare Software [MEDFORD, Ore.] announced the appointment of Marc Arseneau as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was the Chief Financial Officer for Oildex, culminating in the successful sale of the company to DrillingInfo, LLC. Prior to Oildex, Marc has held a variety of senior financial positions at industry leading companies like TeleTech, TriZetto, Microsoft and Cap Gemini.

Allied Universal [SANTA ANA, Calif.] named Andrew Vollero its new Chief Financial Officer. Vollero will replace Bill Torzolini, who will retire in 2019, after serving 15 years in the role. Most notably, Vollero spent 15 years at Mattel, where he was a division CFO and later Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Strategy, and Investor Relations. Following his tenure at Mattel, Vollero became the first CFO of Snap (formerly Snapchat). In the early stages of his career, he held senior posts at PepsiCo and later Yum Brand’s Taco Bell division, including Controller.

SPINS [CHICAGO] announced Bill Razzino has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SPINS, Razzino was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of Cheetah Digital. Previously, Razzino has also held a variety of senior finance leadership roles at companies such as CareerBuilder, Tribune Company, Leo Burnett and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Madwire LLC [FORT COLLINS, Colo.] announced that Matt Bryson joined as Chief Financial Officer. Matt Bryson assumes the Chief Financial Officer role from Joe Kellogg, Madwire’s Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer, and previous Chief Financial Officer. Joe will continue to serve as Madwire’s Co-Chief Executive Officer, the position he has held since founding the company with son, JB Kellogg, in 2009. Bryson joins Madwire from Copley Equity Partners, a private investment firm, where he served as a Principal since 2017 and Vice President since 2013. Prior to his career with Copley Equity Partners, Bryson held various positions in finance and leadership at WilmerHale LLP and Fidelity Investments.

PCTEL, Inc. [BLOOMINGDALE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: PCTI) announced the appointment of Kevin McGowan as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective December 1, 2018. McGowan joined the Company in 2005, and has served as Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller since 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. McGowan commenced his career as an auditor for Arthur Anderson for four years and served in various finance and controller roles for a manufacturer of communications network hardware for twelve years.

Tenneco Inc. [LAKE FOREST, Ill.] (NYSE: TEN) announced the appointment of Ron Hundzinski as Executive Vice President of Finance, effective January 1, 2019. Upon completion of all required steps and related board approvals to spin off the new aftermarket ride performance company (the “SpinCo”) in 2019, it is expected that Hundzinski will serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tenneco. Hundzinski recently announced his retirement as Chief Financial Officer for BorgWarner Inc. effective December 31, 2018. Hundzinski has served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of BorgWarner Inc. since 2012. During his 13-year career with BorgWarner, he held a range of finance leadership positions including treasurer, principal accounting officer, and vice president of finance for the BorgWarner Turbo Systems business. Prior to joining BorgWarner, Hundzinski held leadership positions in finance at Emerson Electric, GKN and Meridian Automotive. He has been an Independent Director of Gentherm Incorporated since 2016. Jason Hollar will continue to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tenneco until the spinoff and is expected to serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the SpinCo.

MediXall Group Inc. [Fort Lauderdale, FL] (OTCQB: MDXL) announced the appointment of Kuldeep Hajela as CFO of MediXall.com. Most recently, Mr. Hajela was Chief Financial Officer of NationsHearing. Prior to his role at NationsHearing, Mr. Hajela served as Chief Financial Officer of MDLive. Previously, Mr. Hajela served as CFO & COO of MTI America. In addition, Mr. Hajela previously served as CFO and Senior Vice-President of Liberty Medical Supply.

MedMen Enterprises Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (CSE: MMEN, OTCQX: MMNFF) announced that Chief Financial Officer James Parker resigned, and that Jim Miller, the Company’s vice president of accounting, has been appointed interim chief financial officer until Parker’s successor is named. Miller joined MedMen in January 2018. Prior to joining MedMen, Miller held several senior finance and accounting positions at leading entertainment firms such as the Walt Disney Company and Viacom.

Zapproved LLC [PORTLAND, ORE.] announced the addition of Tom Pickett as Chief Financial Officer. Pickett’s most recent role was serving as CFO and Compliance Officer for Curvature.

Steven Coniglio

Harbor Compliance [LANCASTER, PA.] announced the appointment of Steven J. Coniglio as Chief Financial Officer. Coniglio began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, followed by more than two decades with Administrators for the Professions (AFP).

The Children’s Place, Inc. [Secaucus, New Jersey] appointed Michael Scarpa, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer. Mr. Scarpa joined the Company in November 2012 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and has served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and/or Chief Financial Officer for the last six years, most recently as Chief Operating Officer. In November 2018, Mr. Scarpa reassumed his former duties as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, in addition to his responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Scarpa was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of The Talbots, Inc. Previously, Mr. Scarpa spent 25 years with Liz Claiborne, Inc. where he held positions of increasing responsibility, culminating in his appointment as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Scarpa began his career in financial positions with Maidenform, Inc. and Krementz and Company.

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation [HOUSTON] (NYSE: APC) announced that Benjamin M. Fink, formerly Sr. Vice President, and President and CEO of the general partners of Western Gas Partners, LP and Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (collectively the “Partnerships”), will succeed Bob Gwin in the role of EVP, Finance & CFO. Gwin has been named President. Fink joined Anadarko in 2007 as Vice President of Finance for Anadarko Algeria Company LLC. He most recently served as Sr. Vice President of Finance of Anadarko since February of 2017, as well as President and CEO of the Partnerships. He previously served as Vice President, Finance of Anadarko, as well as Sr. Vice President and CFO of the Partnerships. Prior to joining Anadarko, Fink served as an independent financial consultant to the company in its former Beijing, China, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, offices.

ContraFect Corporation [YONKERS, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: CFRX) announced the appointment of Michael Messinger as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Messinger previously served as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining the Company in 2012, Mr. Messinger was Director of Finance at Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. Before that, Mr. Messinger was Controller at Coelacanth Corporation. Previously, he was an auditor at Ernst & Young.

The Parking REIT, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] announced that it appointed J. Kevin Bland to serve as the company’s chief financial officer. Bland previously served in a series of strategic financial roles in the real estate industry, including as chief financial officer of UMTH General Services L.P. and vice president, controller and principal accounting officer for Pizza Inn, Inc.

Mariam Iskandarani

Tweddle Group [CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich.] announced the appointment of Mariam Iskandarani as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Iskandarani has worked for many leading organizations in several industries—including Tier 1 automotive—such as Johnson Controls, TRW Automotive, Dana Corporation and Aramark. Iskandarani succeeds Dan Titus, who served as Tweddle Group’s CFO for 24 years.

CloudBolt Software, Inc. [ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced the appointment of Steve Scribner as CFO. Over his career, Scribner held key leadership roles including CFO at Force 3, VP Finance and Controller at Metastorm and Sequoia Software.

Zillow Group, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) announced Allen Parker will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Parker brings nearly 30 years of experience in deep operational finance, including at Fortune 500 companies Amazon and General Electric. Parker spent the last 13 years in finance roles at Amazon. Since 2011, Parker served as VP Finance, Amazon Devices, Appstore & Amazon Pay. Prior to Amazon, Parker was CFO and VP of strategic planning at Trane Residential Systems where he led finance and strategy. Before that, Parker held various leadership roles at General Electric Lighting. Parker will begin his role as CFO of Zillow Group on November 16, at which time Interim CFO Jennifer Rock will continue on with her position as Chief Accounting Officer.

Judd Merrill

Aqua Metals, Inc. [MCCARRAN, Nev.] (NASDAQ: AQMS) announced the appointment of Judd Merrill as Chief Financial Officer. Merrill joins Aqua Metals from Klondex Mines Ltd. where he was Director of Finance/Accounting. Prior to joining Klondex, Merrill spent five years as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Comstock Mining Inc. Merrill also worked as a controller at Fronteer Gold Inc. and as an assistant controller at Newmont Mining Corp. Merrill began his career at Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Merrill replaces Frank Knuettel II, who left the Company in August 2018.

XG Sciences, Inc. [Lansing, Michigan] appointed Jacqueline Lemke as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, beginning on November 19, 2018. Lemke served on the Board of Directors of the American Brain Tumor Association since January of 2017. From 2012 to 2016, she served as President and CEO of Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. Previously, Ms. Lemke was Vice President of Finance and Global CFO of Remy, Inc., a division of Remy International, from 2007 to 2010. From 2004 to 2005, she served as Vice President of Finance and Global CFO Connected Home Solutions at Motorola, Inc., and, prior to that, was Global Strategic Planning Director of the Invista division at the DuPont Company.

Blackmore Sensors and Analytics, Inc. [BOZEMAN, Mont.] announced the appointment of Jeff Davisonas chief financial officer. Prior to joining Blackmore, Davison was CFO for Mitek. He previously was with RightNow, where he was the company’s CFO, as well as VP Finance, and VP worldwide sales operations. Earlier in his career, Davison spent three years with Netsuite as SVP of Sales Success. Mr. Davison also served as the CFO of Outbrain.

Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: CLNC) announced that Sujan S. Patel resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, to pursue other opportunities. The Company appointed Neale W. Redington as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Redington, a 10-year veteran of Colony Capital, Inc., also serves as Managing Director and the Chief Accounting Officer of Colony Capital. Prior to joining the predecessor Colony business in 2008, Mr. Redington was an audit partner in the real estate and hospitality practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP, having worked there for 20 years.

McorpCX, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (TSX-V: MCX, OTCQB: MCCX) announced the appointment of Tricia Tomko as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Ms. Tomko has been the Director of Finance for a privately held communications and consulting firm and has past experience as the controller of an international SaaS software company. Earlier in her career, Ms. Tomko was the controller for the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, Ohio, the Director of Accounting Operations for a publicly traded media company and a large retail grocery chain.

Ballantyne Strong, Inc. [OMAHA, Neb.] (NYSE American: BTN) announced that Mark Roberson will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective November 16th. Roberson has served most recently as Chief Operations Officer of Chanticleer Holdings, Inc. since May 2015. Prior to Chanticleer Holdings Inc., he served as Chief Executive Officer, since February 2010, Acting Chief Executive Officer, from May 2009 to February 2010, and as Chief Financial Officer, since October 2007, of PokerTek, Inc. Mr. Roberson previously held positions of increasing responsibility at Baker & Taylor, Inc., Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc., Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation, Inc., LifeStyle Furnishings International, Ltd., Coopers & Lybrand, LLP and Ernst and Young, LLP. He has served on the Board of Directors of Cynergistek, Inc. since May 2016, where he chairs the Audit and Compensation Committees. Roberson will succeed Lance Schulz, who resigned effective November 16, 2018, as Chief Financial Officer.

Qlik [PHILADELPHIA] announced that Dennis Johnson has been promoted and appointed Chief Financial Officer, assuming the official role and title after serving in an interim basis for the past several months. Johnson has served in various financial roles at Qlik since 2009, including Vice President of Finance and Director of Accounting and External Reporting. Prior to serving as interim CFO, Dennis was Qlik’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Qlik, Dennis served as the Vice President of Finance for Medecision, and has also previously held finance and accounting roles at VerticalNet and Arthur Andersen.

The Joint Corp. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NASDAQ: JYNT) appointed its Corporate Controller, Jake Singleton, to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Singleton was a senior manager with Ernst & Young.

PROCEPT BioRobotics [REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.] announced the appointment of Kevin Waters as chief financial officer. Mr. Waters most recently served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Accuray Inc. Prior to Accuray, Mr. Waters held financial leadership positions at three publicly traded medical device companies, including Conceptus, Laserscope and VISX. Mr. Waters began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

W&T Offshore, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: WTI) announced the appointment of Janet Yangto Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, following her appointment as acting Chief Financial Officer in August 2018. Ms. Yang will also assume the role of Principal Accounting Officer of the Company. Previously Yang was Finance Manager and in 2012 became Director, Strategic Planning & Analysis, a position she held until being appointed Vice President, Corporate & Business Development in 2017. Prior to joining W&T, Ms. Yang held positions in research and investment analysis at BlackGold Capital Management, investment banking at Raymond James and energy trading at Allegheny Energy.

Laurie MacLaren

Ansira Partners, Inc. [DALLAS and ST. LOUIS] announced that Laurie MacLaren has joined the company in a newly formed role of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. MacLaren replaces Gary Weller who served as Ansira’s CFO for more than 10 years. Before joining Ansira, MacLaren spent 19 years with Sapient. During her last six years with Sapient, she served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer.

Globe Photos, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTCQB: GBPT) appointed Shamar Tobias as the company’s interim chief financial officer. Tobias succeeds Scott C. Black who has been appointed to the new position of chief legal officer. Tobias co-founded and serves as managing partner of Blue Chip Accounting, LLC. Earlier, he served as a consulting partner at a PCAOB, a registered accounting firm also located in Henderson, Nevada.

Centric Brands Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CTRC) announced that Anurup Pruthi has joined the Company and has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pruthi most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at The Children’s Place. Prior to this role, Mr. Pruthi served as the Chief Financial Officer of the retail subsidiary of Reliance Industries, as well as the Chief Executive Officer of the Future Group business consulting and services company. He also held senior executive financial and operational positions at Burberry PLC, Mexx Europe Holding, a subsidiary of Liz Claiborne, Inc., and at Liz Claiborne, Inc.

Tapestry, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: TPR) announced that the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Wills, has advised he will be departing the Company to pursue another opportunity. In order to facilitate a smooth transition, Mr. Wills is expected to stay through February 8, 2019.

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FPRX) announced that David V. Smith will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 26, 2018. Smith replaces Linda Rubinstein who was Interim CFO. Smith most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of IntegenX, Inc. until its acquisition earlier this year by Thermo Fisher Scientific. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer at each of Thoratec Corporation, Chiron Corporation, and Anergen, Inc., and in various accounting and financial leadership roles at Genentech, Inc.

Datadog [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of David Obstler as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Obstler served as CFO of TravelClick. Prior to TravelClick, Mr. Obstler held CFO roles at OpenLink Financial, MSCI Inc., Risk Metrics Group, and Pinnacor. Mr. Obstler also held investment banking positions at JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, and Goldman Sachs.

Carbon [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced the promotion of Elisa de Martel to Chief Financial Officer. Elisa de Martel joined Carbon in February 2018 as Vice President of Finance. Elisa was with Apple Inc. for 11 years, where she served in a variety of financial roles and most recently, was the Director of Manufacturing Finance. Prior to her tenure with Apple Inc., she was a finance manager with Citroen UK and a supervisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Alan Stewart

Peraton [HERNDON, Va.] announced the appointment of Alan Stewart as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Stewart joins Peraton from Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. where he served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Prior to this role, Stewart served as chief financial officer for Vistronix, now a part of ASRC. Earlier in his career he held chief financial officer roles at Oceus Networks, Inc., ICF International, DataZen Corporation, Blackboard, Inc., and Deltek Systems, Inc.

iPic Entertainment [BOCA RATON, Fla.] (NASDAQ: IPIC) announced that Paul Westra is resigning to rejoin the financial services industry. Andre Loehrer, iPic’s Controller, will assume the position of interim Chief Financial Officer. Loehrer joined iPic in March 2017 as the financial controller. He has over 18 years’ experience in accounting and auditing. Prior to joining iPic, Loehrer served as the Controller of Twin-Star International, Inc. from October 2013 until March 2017.

Constellis [Reston, Va.] announced that Gordon Foster has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Constellis, Gordon served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ASRC Federal and Northrop Grumman’s Chief Financial Officer/Director of Business Management for its civil division. Prior to that, he served as Northrop Grumman’s Chief Financial Officer/Director of Business Management for its Cyber Solutions division and Intelligence Systems division.

Neel Dev

CenturyLink, Inc. [MONROE, La.] (NYSE: CTL) announced that Neel Dev has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Dev served as interim CFO since Sunit Patel‘s departure from the company in September. Dev previously served as CenturyLink’s group vice president of finance and was with Level 3 for 13 years prior to the CenturyLink acquisition.

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: JCP) announced that Jeffrey Davis has informed the Company that he is resigning from his position as executive vice president and chief financial officer to pursue another opportunity. Jerry Murray, senior vice president of finance, will assume the position of interim chief financial officer, reporting directly to the Office of the CEO. Murray joined the Company in Feb. 2016 after serving as chief financial officer for Valassis.

Ryder System, Inc. [MIAMI] (NYSE: R) announced that Art Garcia, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the company on April 30, 2019. Mr. Garcia has had a 20-year career with Ryder and has been in the role of CFO since 2010.

Dan Schuller

Aqua America Inc. [BRYN MAWR, Pa.] (NYSE: WTR) announced that Daniel Schuller will assume the role of chief financial officer for the company effective Oct. 1, 2018. Schuller succeeds David Smeltzer, CFO since 1999, who last spring announced plans to retire after a 32-year career with Aqua. Since June of this year, Schuller has been serving as deputy CFO. Schuller previously served as Aqua’s executive vice president of strategy and corporate development.

CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ROCKVILLE, Md.] (NASDAQ: CASI) announced the appointment of George Chi to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Chi most recently served as Vice President of Finance at Flavors Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated and the parent entity of Merisant Company and Mafco Worldwide Corporation. Prior to joining Flavor Holdings, he was Chief Financial Officer at BPL Plasma, a subsidiary of UK-based Bio Products Laboratory. Previously, George served as finance director at Unilever.

CherryRoad Technologies Inc. [MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.] announced that Nicholas Visco has joined the organization’s Executive Leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CherryRoad, Visco was the CFO of SEAL Consulting Inc.

HyreCar, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: HYRE) announced the appointment of Scott Brogi as its Chief Financial Officer. Brogi previously led finance and operations for Teaching Channel, Inc. Brogi began his career in corporate banking and finance with Chase Manhattan Bank, and afterwards, led finance and development for successful startups like AccentCare and Pictage. Brogi also has a background in corporate financial planning and analysis for public companies, such as the Apollo Education Group.

Assure Holdings Corp. [DENVER] (TSX-V: IOM; OTCQB: ARHH) appointed Trent Carman as chief financial officer, effective October 22nd, 2018. Most recently he served as CFO for Vivos Therapeutics and prior to that was CFO at Air Methods Corp. for over 13 years.

X4 Pharmaceuticals [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Adam Mostafa as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Mostafa was Chief Financial Officer of Abpro Therapeutics. Prior to Abpro, Mr. Mostafa was a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Cantor Fitzgerald. Before Cantor, Mr. Mostafa was a senior banker in the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Needham & Company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mostafa was a Vice President in the Biotechnology Investment Banking group at CRT Capital Group and was a Portfolio Management Associate in the Global Stock Selection group at AQR Capital Management. Mr. Mostafa started his career as an analyst in the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Salomon Smith Barney.

CenturyLink, Inc. [MONROE, La.] (NYSE: CTL) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Sunit Patel has resigned from CenturyLink after accepting an executive leadership role at another company. Neel Dev, CenturyLink’s group vice president of finance, has been named interim CFO effective upon Patel’s departure. Dev has been part of Patel’s leadership team for 14 years and has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, in both financial and operational roles.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [MELVILLE, N.Y.] (“Comtech”) (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced that Michael Porcelain, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). Mr. Porcelain will be succeeded in his role by Michael Bondi, who is currently the Company’s Vice President, Controller. Mr. Porcelainhas been Senior Vice President and CFO of Comtech since March 2006 and was previously Vice President of Finance and Internal Audit of Comtech from 2002 to March 2006. Prior to joining Comtech, Mr. Porcelain was Director of Corporate Profit and Business Planning for Symbol Technologies, where he was employed from 1998 to 2002. Previously, he spent five years in public accounting holding various positions, including Manager in the Transaction Advisory Services Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Bondi has been Vice President, Controller of Comtech since January 2004. Prior to joining Comtech, Mr. Bondi served as Assistant Controller at EDO Corporation (“EDO”). Prior to his experience at Comtech and EDO, Mr. Bondi worked at the Big 4 accounting firm, KPMG from September 1993 to September 2002.

Jim Thompson

Agrinos [DAVIS, Calif.] announced Jim Thompson has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Agrinos, Thompson had served since 2000 as CFO for Gold Standard Diagnostics, which was recently acquired by Eurofins.

Integer Holdings Corporation [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: ITGR) announced that Jason Garland joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Garland is currently the divisional VP and CFO of the Global Sales division of Tiffany & Co. He previously served in the same capacity for Tiffany’s Diamond & Jewelry Supply division. Before joining Tiffany & Co., he had progressively challenging leadership assignments across multiple complex and diverse GE businesses, including serving as CFO for GE’s Industrial Solutions business, Chief Risk Manager for GE Aviation’s service business and multiple senior financial leadership roles at GE’s Oil and Gas business. Jason was also a member of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff for five years in addition to completing GE’s two year manufacturing leadership program. As previously announced, Jeremy Friedman, executive vice president and interim chief financial officer, plans to retire at the end of 2018.

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. [CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.] (NASDAQ: DFFN) announced that it has appointed William Hornung to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hornung previously served as Chief Business Officer at the Company. Mr. Hornung formerly served in a variety of roles over the course of 12 years at PTC Therapeutics, Inc., rising from the position of Accounting Manager to Vice President of Finance. Prior to his time at PTC Therapeutics, Mr. Hornung was responsible for strategic planning and operations for the United Kingdom-based European headquarters of The Lipsome Company. The former Chief Financial Officer at Contravir Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Hornung began his career on the business side of clinical research – responsible for financial stewardship and project management of The Hardaradt Group.

Scott Hinkle

Hallstar [CHICAGO] announced that Scott J. Hinkle has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Hallstar recently announced a structural split into Hallstar Beauty and Hallstar Industrial, effective October 1, 2018. These two businesses will be supported by a Global Shared Services organization, which Hinkle will lead as part of his corporate role. Scott was previously CFO for EnviroVac Industrial Services, ANGUS Chemical, and Water and Process Services at Ecolab. Before that, he spent 11 years at Nalco Company as Chief Accounting Officer and CFO for Nalco’s EMEA operation.

Nobilis Health Corp. [HOUSTON] (NYSE American: HLTH) announced it has named current CFO of Operations, Kenny Klein, as the Company’s Interim CFO. Current CFO of Nobilis Health, David Young, will continue as an advisor through December 31st, 2018.

Daxor Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE MKT: DXR) announced the appointment of Robert J. Michelas its new chief financial officer. Mr. Michel most recently served as CFO of at Sher-Del Transfer and Relocation Services, and prior spent seven years as CFO of Asta Funding.

Mike Blazes

BillGO [FORT COLLINS, COLO.] announced the addition of Mike Blazes as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Blazes comes to BillGO from Control Company.

MJ Freeway [DENVER] announced the appointment of Ruth Ann Kraemer as its new Chief Financial Officer. From November 2012, Kraemer worked as the CFO of Tempo Financial Holdings, Inc., Tempo Financial US Corporation, and Unidos Financial Services, Inc., subsidiary corporations of Catalina Acquisitions, LLC. From October 2010 through June 2012, Kraemer worked for Linc Energy Operations, Inc., as its Divisional CFO. From 2006 through 2010, Kraemer held the position of CFO for Allegro Multimedia, Inc. In addition to her past CFO roles, Kraemer worked as the Chief of Operations/Compliance for Providence Investment Management, LLC and Agilis Capital Management, LLC. Kraemer also has held positions including VP of Financial Operations for Convergent Communications; Director of Decision Support for JD Edwards Software Development; CFO of the Telecom Division of American Management Systems. From 1983 through 1994, Ms. Kraemer served in varying controller and senior accounting roles for Deloitte and Touche, Okland Oil Company, Trison Properties, and Qualmed Plans for Health.

Marina Biotech, Inc. [Research Triangle Park, NC] (OTCQB: MRNA) announced the appointment of Eric Teague as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Teague most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Board Member for Arca Technologies. Prior to joining Arca, Mr. Teague was Chief Business Development Officer with Pavlov Media and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wavelength. In connection with the appointment of Mr. Teague as Chief Financial Officer, Amit Shah, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company since October 2017, resigned from such position to pursue other opportunities.

Michael J. Carlotti

Australis Capital Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (CSE: AUSA) announced the appointment of Michael J. Carlotti as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Carlotti joins Australis Capital from MGM Resorts International, where he served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer since 2016. His professional experience encompasses over 10 years in investment banking, three years of buyside hedge fund management, and, more recently, 10 years of senior corporate finance experience in large publicly traded companies. Mr. Carlotti succeeds Cam Birge, who has served as Australis’s CFO since June 2018. Mr. Birge will continue with the company as a strategic advisor.

Huttig Building Products [ST. LOUIS] (Nasdaq: HBP) announced the appointment of Philip W. Keipp as Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Keipp most recently served as a Senior Financial Consultant for the Company since August 6, 2018 and previously served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Huttig from July 2009 through June 2015. Prior to joining Huttig in 2009, Mr. Keipp served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for HD Supply Waterworks.

CipherHealth [NEW YORK] announced it has named Jake Pyles as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Pyles has helped various software companies achieve great success, with the most recent being Paradigm (now Emerson). Prior to Paradigm, Pyles was the CFO for Seismic Micro-Technology (SMT).

Krish Venkataraman

KnowBe4 [TAMPA BAY, Fla.] announced that it has named Krish Venkataraman as chief financial officer. Venkataraman most recently served as CFO of Dealogic. Prior to Dealogic, Venkataraman served as CFO and COO of Syncsort. Earlier roles included serving as CFO for information technology for NYSE Euronext; chief administrative officer for U.S. equities for Lehman Brothers; and as a strategist for both American Express and Deloitte Consulting.

REGI U.S., Inc. [Spokane, Washington] (OTCMKTS: RGUS) and its wholly owned subsidiary, RadMax Technologies, Inc., announced that Jeff White, Chief Financial Officer has departed the company. It was also announced that Paul Chute, currently Chairman of the Board will have his responsibilities expanded to include the CFO role. Paul Chute was the former CEO / CFO of RadMax.

PDF Solutions, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PDFS) announced that Christine Russell will replace Gregory C. Walker as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Walker will remain with the Company in an operations role. Ms. Russell brings over 25 years of corporate and financial experience to PDF Solutions having served as Chief Financial Officer at UniPixel, Inc., Vendavo, Inc., Evans Analytical Group, Virage Logic, Ceva and OuterBay Technologies, among other companies and positions. She currently serves as Audit Committee Chair and Director for both QuickLogic Corporation and eGain Corporation.

eMDs Nation [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of Iser Cukierman as the new Chief Financial Officer. Iser worked with some great companies such as FISERV, Accenture (formerly Cimation), Ernst & Young, KPMG and Umbel.

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. [ORLANDO] (NYSE: HGV) announced that its Board of Directors terminated James E. Mikolaichik as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, for conduct and behavior not consistent with the Company’s policies.

PeoplesBank [YORK, Pa.] announced that Larry D. Pickett has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pickett will also serve as Treasurer of the Bank’s holding company, Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. Most recently, Mr. Pickett was employed by Bay Bank in Columbia, Maryland as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he was employed in similar financial and management roles at Susquehanna Bank and Fairfax Savings.

SIFCO Industries, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: SIF) announced that it has named Thomas Kubera as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kubera is the Company’s existing Chief Accounting Officer and has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since July 2017. He also previously served as Interim Chief Financial Officer in 2015. His Chief Accounting Officer duties will be absorbed into his Chief Financial Officer role. Mr. Kubera has been with the Company since May 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kubera spent nine years at Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., where he held various senior accounting roles, most recently as the Controller, Global Operations Services.

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. [BRIDGEWATER, N.J.] (NASDAQ: SNCR) announced the appointment of David Clark as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Clark, who recently joined Synchronoss as Executive Vice President of Finance, will replace Lawrence Irving, who has served as Synchronoss’ CFO since rejoining the company in April 2017. Irving, who is re-retiring, will serve in a consultative capacity to the company into early 2019 to ensure an orderly transition. Prior to joining Synchronoss, Clark had served as the CFO of The Meet Group, from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as the CFO of Nutrisystem from 2007 to 2013 and as CFO of Claymont Steel from 2006 to 2007. Clark’s first CFO role was at Suncom Wireless from 1997 to 2006.

The Fresh Market, Inc. [GREENSBORO, N.C.] has appointed Oded Shein as Chief Financial Officer. Shein recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Stage Stores, Inc. In addition, he has held senior financial leadership positions at Belk, Inc. in Charlotte, NC and Charming Shoppes, Inc. in Bensalem, PA.

Stifel Financial Corp. [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: SF) announced that Jim Marischen was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Marischen will take over the CFO role from James Zemlyak, who will now focus exclusively on leading the firm’s Global Wealth Management business, which he has been the head of since 2011. Mr. Marischen most recently served as Stifel Financial Corp.’s Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Risk Officer. Prior to his roles as CAO and CRO, which he assumed in 2015, he was Chief Financial Officer of Stifel Bank & Trust from 2008 through 2015. Prior to joining Stifel, he worked at KPMG.

Stage Stores, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SSI) announced that Oded Shein, its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, resigned his position effective to pursue another opportunity. The company has appointed Jason Curtis as interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Curtis has been with Stage since 2011, most recently serving as its Senior Vice President, Finance and Credit since March 2017. Mr. Curtis also held the roles of Group Vice President, Finance and Credit from May 2016 to March 2017, Vice President, Finance and Accounting from November 2013 to April 2016, and Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from May 2011 to November 2013. Prior to joining Stage, Mr. Curtis served in various financial roles at Belk, Inc. and The May Department Stores Company.

GlobalSCAPE, Inc. [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE: GSB) announces the promotion of Karen Young to Chief Financial Officer. Young was appointed to the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer in March of this year, and succeeds James Albrecht, who retired in February. Young has served as the Controller for the past three years. Young joined GlobalSCAPE in 2015. Young began her career with Valero Energy Corporation in San Antonio. Prior to joining GlobalSCAPE, Young was the Controller for PIC Business Systems, Inc., and across her career, has served in a variety of finance and accounting roles.

Carpenter Technology Corporation [PHILADELPHIA] announced Timothy (Tim) Lain has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Damon Audia who has decided to leave the Company for another role. Tim has over 20 years of financial experience including 11 years with the Company. He currently serves as Vice President – Controller & Chief Accounting Officer, a role he was appointed to in June 2013. From June 2015 to October 2015, Tim served as Acting Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Tim served as Audit Director at McGladrey & Pullen.

Patriot Energy Group [BURLINGTON, Mass.] has named Steve Campbell its new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Campbell has a long history of leading finance and operations at some of the region’s top tech firms, including Raytheon, IBM and Progress Software. At Progress Software, Campbell was vice president of finance and operations.

Ladd Watts

TIE Industrial [LAVERGNE, TENN.] announced that Ladd Watts has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Watts held various Sr. Finance roles at SVP Worldwide and Mars incorporated. In addition, he previously headed procurement finance and was plant controller for a Mars manufacturing facility in Texas.

UroGen Pharma Ltd. [RA’ANANA, Israel, and NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: URGN) announced that Peter P. Pfreundschuh has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He replaces Stephen Mullennix, who has served as UroGen’s Interim CFO since June 2018, will continue in his role as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr. Pfreundschuh previously served as the CFO of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Sucampo, he was Executive Vice President of Finance and CFO of Immunomedics Inc. Before this, Mr. Pfreundschuh was CFO for CircuLite, Inc. His previous roles include leadership positions in finance, commercial operations and business development within the pharmaceutical industry at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, and Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Pfreundschuh is currently a board member of Speratus Therapeutics, Inc., and GitBasic LLC. He has also previously served as an advisor or board member to Immunomedics Inc., CircuLite Inc., and Reproductive Medical Associates of New Jersey, in addition to other companies and private organizations.

The Travelers Companies, Inc. [HARTFORD, Conn.] (NYSE: TRV) announced that, Jay S. Benet will step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 2002. Benet will remain on the senior leadership team as Vice Chairman. Daniel S. Frey will succeed Benet and become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Frey currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of the company’s Personal Insurance segment, having served in a number of other key financial management roles across Travelers over the past 15 years. Prior to his current role, Frey served as Chief Financial Officer of the company’s Claim and Field Management organizations. Before joining Travelers, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Spalding Sports Worldwide. He began his career in public accounting at Deloitte & Touche.

NETGEAR, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NTGR) announced that Bryan Murray has been appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds Christine Gorjanc, the company’s former Chief Financial Officer, who is assuming the role of Chief Financial Officer at Arlo Technologies, Inc. Bryan Murray has been with NETGEAR for over 16 years serving in various management roles within the Finance organization. Prior to assuming the role of CFO, he served as NETGEAR’s Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Before joining NETGEAR in 2001, he worked in public accounting at Deloitte.

YapStone [WALNUT CREEK, CALIF.] announced the hiring of Jerry Ulrich as it Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining YapStone, Jerry was the CFO of Blackhawk Network Holdings.

G-CON Manufacturing [COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS] announced that it has appointed Paul Moore to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Moore served as Chief Financial Officer at Zacros America, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Moore also served as Controller for TIC GUMS, Inc. from 2011 to 2014 and as Strategic Controller for Brown International Corporation, LLC from 2008 – 2010.

Startek, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NYSE: SRT) appointed Ramesh Kamath as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Don Norsworthy. Ramesh previously served as CFO of Aegis Global, which was combined with Startek on July 20, 2018. Prior to Aegis, he also led the finance organization of prominent BPOs, including serving as CFO of The Minacs Group and Progeon (now Infosys BPO).

Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (OTC: WLMS) announced that Timothy M. Howsman has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Howsman has served as interim CFO since May 2018 and has been with the Company since August 2014. During his tenure with the Company, Mr. Howsman has also served as Principal Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Howsman was the Vice President, Controller of Blue Lynx Media, LLC, the accounting shared service center for Tribune Publishing. Mr. Howsman has held positions of increasing responsibility in operations and financial positions in other businesses, including with Dresser, Inc.

Ambarella, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AMBA) announced the appointment of Kevin C. “Casey” Eichler as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Eichler succeeds George Laplante, who announced his intention to retire earlier this year. Eichler served as the President and Chief Financial Officer of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. from March 2015 to July 2016 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2009 to February 2015. Prior to joining Ultra Clean Holdings, Mr. Eichler was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Credence Systems Corporation from January 2008 to November 2008, Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of MarketTools, Inc. from March 2006 to December 2007, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MIPS Technologies Inc. from June 1998 to February 2006. Prior to that, he held management positions with several technology companies, including Visigenic Software, NeXT Software and Microsoft.

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: TCMD) announced the appointment of Brent A. Moen to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective September 2, 2018. Tactile Medical’s current Chief Financial Officer, Lynn L. Blake, will resign from that role effective as of the close of business on September 1, 2018. Ms. Blake will continue to advise the Company in a consulting role until March 2019 in order to facilitate a smooth transition. Mr. Moen most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Entellus Medical, Inc., from May 2016 until the company’s acquisition by Stryker Corporation in February 2018. Prior to joining Entellus Medical, Mr. Moen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ABRA Auto Body & Glass LP, from November 2013 to May 2015. Mr. Moen previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Regis Corporation, from January 2011 to December 2012. Mr. Moen held various financial roles of increasing responsibility with Regis Corporation, beginning in 2000.

Sarah VanBeck

National Life Group [MONTPELIER, VT.] announced that Sarah VanBeck was promoted to Chief Financial Officer, replacing Robert Cotton who was appointed Chief Operating Officer. VanBeck joined National Life last year as Chief Accounting Officer. She has spent 25 years in the insurance industry and was most recently at AIG, where she was Senior Vice President and Controller at AIG Life and Retirement. She began her career as manager of SEC reporting and analysis at American General Corp.

Alterra Mountain Company [DENVER] announced the appointment of Timothy B. Donahue as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Donahue most recently served as head of JPMorgan’s Leveraged Finance Capital Markets Group. Mr. Donahue also spent time as a partner at Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners and as a corporate securities attorney at Battle Fowler LLP.

Dorman Products, Inc. [COLMAR, Pa.] (NASDAQ: DORM) announced that Kevin M. Olsen, formerly the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and, effective January 1, 2019, Mr. Olsen will become the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). The company appointed Michael P. Ginnetti as the Company’s interim CFO. Mr. Ginnetti currently serves as Vice President, Corporate Controller of the Company. He has served in this position since May 2011 and he will continue to serve in this position while serving as interim CFO. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ginnetti was employed by Technitrol, Inc., most recently as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.

EVERTEC, Inc. [SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico] (NYSE: EVTC) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter J.S. Smith has decided to leave the Company effective September 6, 2018 and pursue other opportunities. Current Vice President of Finance, Joaquín Castrillo, will serve as interim CFO. Mr. Castrillo joined the company in 2012 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, currently leading the financial planning and treasury functions.

DigitalTown [SEATTLE and TORONTO] (OTC: DGTW) the appointment of Dave Carter as Chief Financial Officer. Since 2016, Dave has focussed on Blockchain and Cryptoassets, advising startups and most recently 3iQ, a Canadian Investment Fund Manager, and the first regulatory approved multi-cryptoasset manager in Canada.

Superior Group of Companies, Inc. [SEMINOLE, Fla.] (NASDAQ: SGC) named Michael (Mike) J. Attinella as the Company’s new chief financial officer and treasurer. Attinella succeeds Andrew (Andy) D. Demott, Jr.in the CFO position as Demott shifts his responsibilities to fully focus on his role as chief operating officer of the company. Attinella joins Superior Group of Companies from HSNi, where he served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer of HSNi since 2008, and executive vice president and chief financial officer of HSN since 2013. Attinella began his tenure with HSNi in 2001 as vice president, controller. Previously, Attinella was vice president, controller at Catalina Marketing Corp. He also served various financial and operational responsibilities at Tech Data Corporation.

Ken Williams

Black & Veatch [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] announced that Ken Williams has become the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Karen Daniel, who retired in July after a quarter century at Black & Veatch including the last 18 years as its CFO. Williams rejoins Black & Veatch after previously serving as its Treasurer from 2010 to 2012. His professional experience includes several roles with Fluor, where he was CFO of its government services business unit. He returns to Black & Veatch from Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: BKD) announced that Steven Swain will join the Company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Steve is expected to start on September 4, 2018 and will replace the Company’s current Interim Chief Financial Officer, Teresa Sparks. Steve will join the Company after most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer of DISH Network Corporation since October 2014 and previously serving in roles of increasing responsibility within the company since 2011. Prior to DISH Network, Steve spent more than 15 years working in the telecommunications sector, where he served in multiple leadership roles in finance and engineering operations.

Ei Companies [LAS VEGAS] announced that Greg Cobb has been named the new Chief Financial Officer. Greg will begin his new role immediately and will be based out of the companies Phoenix offices. Prior to joining the companies, Greg founded Inglenook Financial in Scottsdale, AZ. Prior to Inglenook, Greg was CFO for US PEACH. Before entering the Construction Services Industry, Greg was CFO at an Arizona based biotech company. He has also been Managing Director of a San Francisco Bay Area based technology mergers & acquisitions firm. Greg is also a private equity investor and has managed an Angel investor group.

Borrego Solar Systems [San Diego] announced the appointment of Andrew Hall as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hall joined Borrego Solar in January 2015 as General Counsel. In August 2015, he became Executive Vice President, responsible for leading Human Resources and Information Technology (IT) as well. In his new role, Hall remains general counsel and retains responsibility for leading IT. Prior to joining Borrego Solar, Hall served as Corporate & Compliance Counsel at Thoratec Corporation, and as an associate attorney at Covington & Burling, LLP and Morrison & Foerster, LLP. Before practicing law, he was a research analyst in the credit risk management division of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Honeywell International Inc. [MORRIS PLAINS, NEW JERSEY] appointed Greg Lewis, as Tom Szlosek’s successor as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Since May 2018, Mr. Lewis has served as the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Finance. From October 2016 to May 2018, Mr. Lewis served as Vice President, Enterprise Information Management. Prior to that, Mr. Lewis served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company’s former Automation and Control Solutions business group. Before that, Mr. Lewis served as Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell Process Solutions. Prior to that, Mr. Lewis served as the Company’s Vice President, Business Analysis and Planning. Mr. Lewis began his career at the Company in 2006 as Chief Financial Officer of the former Performance Products business unit. Before joining the Company, Mr. Lewis spent three years in the plastics industry at Tyco International, where he was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for the A&E Products division. Prior to that, Mr. Lewis held a number of finance leadership roles at The Stanley Works, including Finance Manager and Global FP&A Manager. Mr. Lewis began his career at Kraft Foods, where he held various operations finance roles, including Plant Controller.

Moody’s Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MCO) announced that Mark Kaye will join the company on August 20th as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Jeffrey Hare as the company’s Principal Financial Officer. Mr. Kaye joins Moody’s from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), where he served as Senior Vice President and Head of Financial Planning and Analysis, as well as Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual U.S., the company’s domestic insurance and retirement plan operation. Prior to joining MassMutual in 2015, he held a range of senior finance leadership roles at Voya Financial (formerly ING U.S.) and began his career in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse First Boston. In addition to working in the U.S., Mr. Kaye has had extensive prior work experience in the Asia Pacific region.

Seagate Technology plc [CUPERTINO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: STX) announced that David H. Morton, Jr., executive vice president and chief financial officer at Seagate, will leave the company for a senior finance executive role at another company. Seagate has named Kathryn R. Scolnick interim CFO. Kathryn has been a senior finance executive at Seagate for six years leading the company’s investor relations and treasury operations.

James Anderson

CNA [CHICAGO] announced that James Anderson has assumed the role of Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Anderson, who most recently served as Senior Vice President and Head of Financial Planning & Analysis and Corporate Development, succeeds D. Craig Mense, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Anderson joined CNA in 2012 and has been a key member of the Finance leadership team since that time. Before joining CNA, Anderson spent nearly a decade in investment banking focused on the insurance industry, ultimately as a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital. That experience followed five years of consulting at Accenture.

Reveneer [WOBURN, MASS.] welcomed Steven Hill as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Reveneer, Hill served as the CFO of Zoom Information, Inc. Prior to his tenure with Zoominfo, he served as CFO of three other technology companies.

Lifeway Foods, Inc. [MORTON GROVE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: LWAY) announced that it has appointed Neha Clark as its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Clark succeeds our interim Chief Financial Officer, Eric Hanson, who will remain with us as our Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. From 2016 until her appointment as Lifeway’s CFO, Neha was employed by Coveris (recently acquired by TC Transcontinental) as the Chief Transformation Officer of Coveris Americas and, previously, as Chief Financial Officer of Coveris’ North American food and consumer flexible packaging business. Prior to joining Coveris, Neha held increasingly senior positions at Kraft Heinz. From 2011 through 2015, Neha was the Director of Finance for Kraft Heinz’s grocery business unit. From 1999 through 2011, she held senior finance positions in Kraft Heinz’s North American commodities business, its marketing services division, its corporate business analysis group, and other grocery categories.

Michael Heald

IZEA, Inc. [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NASDAQ: IZEA) announced the appointment of Michael Heald as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 15, 2018. Mr. Heald will fill the vacancy left by current CFO LeAnn Hitchcock, who will be resigning from the role as of August 15, 2018. Mr. Heald was with BDO from 1997 to 2017. In 2017, Mr. Heald founded MRH Accounting & Consulting, LLC to provide financial consulting and temporary CFO services to both private and public companies.

Synacor, Inc. [BUFFALO, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: SYNC) announced the appointment of Tim Heasley as Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Bill Stuart, who will be available to Synacor as a senior advisor. Heasley, who joined Synacor as senior vice president of finance in May 2018, has been chief financial officer of three mid-market companies during his 30-plus-year career as a financial executive. Prior to joining Synacor, Heasley served as CFO of National Oak Distributors, a national wholesale distributor. From 2015 to 2016, he was CFO of Motus Integrated Technologies, a global manufacturer for the automotive industry. He previously was CFO of Kaydon Corp. and served in senior finance roles with Gibraltar Industries, MRC Industrial Group and SPS Technologies. Heasley has also served in progressive financial management positions with a diverse group of leading organizations, including Johnson Controls, TRW and the Carborundum Company.

ClinOne [DENVER] appointed R. Michael Carruthers as chief financial officer. Most recently, Mr. Carruthers served as interim president of Nivalis Therapeutics beginning in January 2017 and CFO and secretary since February 2015. Prior to this, Mr. Carruthers served on Array BioPharma Inc.’s executive team as the CFO. Prior to joining Array, Mr. Carruthers served as CFO of Sievers Instrument Inc. and, before joining Sievers, was the treasurer and controller for the Waukesha division of Dover Corporation.

Seth Molod

Lightstone [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Seth Molod as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Lightstone, Mr. Molod was Chair of Real Estate Services and a member of the Executive Committee at Berdon LLP, where he worked for more than 25 years.

FirstEnergy Corp. [AKRON, Ohio] (NYSE: FE) announced that James Pearson, executive vice president, Finance, have accepted FirstEnergy’s Executive Early Retirement Program. Pearson’s retirement date is not expected to be later than April 1, 2019.

aTyr Pharma, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced that Jill Broadfoot has joined aTyr as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining aTyr, from January 2017 to July 2018, Ms. Broadfoot served as Chief Financial Officer of Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Emerald Health Bioceuticals Inc. Prior to Emerald Health, Ms. Broadfoot served as Vice President, U.S. Corporate Controller at GW Pharmaceuticals plc, from May 2016 to January 2017. Prior to joining GW Pharmaceuticals, Ms. Broadfoot served as Chief Financial Officer of Vical Inc., from October 2004 to March 2013. Before joining Vical, Ms. Broadfoot held various positions at DJO Global, Inc., most recently as Vice President of Finance. Ms. Broadfoot also served as an audit manager at Ernst & Young LLP.

Scott Johnson

defi SOLUTIONS [GRAPEVINE, Texas] announced that Scott Johnson has joined as chief financial officer. Johnson held executive positions most recently at CARite and Compuware Corporation.

Ark Restaurants Corp. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ARKR) reported the passing of the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, Robert J. Stewart. Bob was elected as Chief Financial Officer in June 2002 and joined the Board of Directors in March 2012. In 2013 he was elected President. Prior to joining Ark, Bob was a Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Fortis Capital Holdings and held senior financial and audit positions in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken in their New York, London and Stockholm offices.

Centrexion Therapeutics Corporation [BOSTON] announced that Nick Harvey has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Harvey joins Centrexion Therapeutics most recently from Radius Health, where he served as chief financial officer and senior vice president. Prior to that, Mr. Harvey was managing director at Shiprock Capital, and remains a member of the Board. Previously, he held various senior financial management positions with a number of venture-backed companies, including LifetecNet, Transfusion Technologies, Transcend Therapeutics, and Computer Power Group.

Shaunda Clark

AmeriNat® [LAS VEGAS] announced the appointment of Shaunda Clark as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining AmeriNat, Clark served as CFO of Solarity Credit Union. She also previously served as CFO of Plus Credit Union and as Vice President/Controller at First Security Bank of Nevada.

Roostify [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Eric Amblard has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Amblard comes to Roostify from EverString Technologies, where he also served as CFO. Prior to his role at EverString, Amblard held CFO and finance executive positions with NetBoost, Intel, Ensim, and KXEN.

Agilent Technologies Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NYSE: A) announced that Didier Hirsch, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has decided to retire on Oct 31, 2018. The company has appointed Robert W. McMahon, currently chief financial officer, Hologic, Inc., as his successor. McMahon will join Agilent on August 3, as senior vice president, and will become CFO on Sept. 1, 2018, when Hirsch will step down as CFO. McMahon has been chief financial officer since 2014 for Hologic, Inc. Prior to Hologic, McMahon spent 20 years with Johnson & Johnson, most recently as worldwide vice president of finance and business development for Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a division of Johnson & Johnson’s Medical Device and Diagnostics Group. Prior to that he held a variety of financial leadership positions within Johnson & Johnson after joining the company in 1993. McMahon began his career with Harris Corporation in Florida.

Hologic, Inc. [MARLBOROUGH, Mass.] (NASDAQ: HOLX) announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Bob McMahon is leaving the Company to become the CFO of Agilent. Company veteran Karleen Oberton, who currently serves as Hologic’s Chief Accounting Officer, has been promoted to CFO. Ms. Oberton joined Hologic in 2006 as Corporate Controller and was promoted to Chief Accounting Officer in 2015. She was appointed to the Company’s new Global Leadership Team in 2017. Before joining Hologic, she served as Senior Corporate Controller of Immunogen from 2004 to 2006. Prior to that, she was a Senior Audit Manager in Ernst & Young’s life science practice and in Arthur Andersen’s high technology practice.

Sapience Analytics [PLANO, Texas] announced that Greg Salcido has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to Sapience, Salcido spearheaded a management consulting firm. He started his career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen and then moved into strategic finance, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Salcido has held financial leadership roles with growth-oriented companies, including Dr Pepper Snapple Group, NCH Corporation and J. Hilburn.

FMS Solutions Holdings LLC [BALTIMORE] announced the addition of Matt Short as CFO. He replaces current CFO David Goggin, who is retiring. Mr. Short was most recently with Weight Watchers Australia/New Zealand, which he joined after his time with E&Y in Sydney. Prior to his time in Australia, Matt earned his degree from the University of Florida and was in the Marine Corp Reserves before getting his CPA License and Joining Deloitte in the US.

XPO Logistics [Greenwich, Conn.] (NYSE: XPO) announced that John Hardig will step down as chief financial officer on August 15, 2018. He will remain available to the company in an advisory capacity through September 15, 2018. Sarah Glickman, senior vice president, corporate finance, will assume the role of acting chief financial officer. Glickman’s more than 25 years of senior finance experience include her position as chief financial officer of business services for Novartis, and executive roles with Honeywell International and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Ben Seto

Ankura [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Ben Seto as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Seto joins Ankura from Avendra, North America’s leading procurement services provider serving hospitality-related industries. With his appointment, Christopher Balsley will be appointed Ankura’s Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to serving as Chief Financial Officer of Avendra, Mr. Seto oversaw country and regional finances for AES Corporation, in a series of senior executive positions. He began his finance career in the consumer products industry, with Haagen-Dazs Company and Philip Morris USA.

TransDigm Group Incorporated [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: TDG) announced the appointment of Mike Lisman as Chief Financial Officer. Mike was most recently Vice President of the TransDigm Mergers and Acquisitions team. Prior to this role, he managed the Air & Fuel Valves business unit at AeroFluid Products, a TransDigm operating company. Before joining TransDigm in 2015, Mike worked in private equity and held positions of increasing responsibility in the New York and London offices of Warburg Pincus and the Washington D.C. office of The Carlyle Group. Prior to that he worked in Morgan Stanley’s investment banking division.

Kura Oncology, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: KURA) announced the appointment of Marc Grasso, M.D., as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer, effective August 21, 2018. Dr. Grasso succeeds Heidi Henson, who served as Kura’s Chief Financial Officer since the company’s inception in August 2014. Dr. Grasso joins Kura from Stifel, where he was Managing Director responsible for building and managing Stifel’s west coast life sciences and biotechnology investment banking business. Before joining Stifel in 2013, Dr. Grasso was Managing Director of Investment Banking in the Global Healthcare Group at UBS, focused on the biotechnology sector. Previously, he was Managing Director of Investment Banking at Leerink Swann, where he was instrumental in the west coast expansion of their franchise. Dr. Grasso joined Leerink from Morgan Stanley, where he served as an Executive Director of Investment Banking in the Global Healthcare Group. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he was Vice President of Investment Banking in the Global Healthcare Group of Credit Suisse First Boston. He began his career in investment banking at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown. Dr. Grasso received his M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he also performed research in molecular oncology.

Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ALDX) announced the appointment of Joshua Reed as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Reed will succeed Stephen Tulipano, the Company’s outgoing Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Aldeyra, Mr. Reed served as Vice President and Head of Finance for Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (BMS) United States and Puerto Rico operations. Prior to that, Mr. Reed held roles of increasing responsibility at BMS, including positions in financial planning and analysis, supply chain finance, operations finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, Mr. Reed was the Vice President, Strategic Business Development at JPMorgan Chase, and held investment banking positions at Credit Suisse First Boston.

Celsius Holdings, Inc. [BOCA RATON, Fla.] (NASDAQ: CELH) announced the hiring of Edwin F. Negron-Carballo as Chief Financial Officer. This addition to the leadership relieves CEO John Fieldly of his additional duties as Chief Financial Officer; a position which he held for his first six years with Celsius Holdings, Inc. Negron-Carballo’s career spans decades of senior financial management experience in major companies such as: Concurrent Manufacturing Solutions, Sodexo, S.A., Tyco Healthcare-Latin America, Energizer Battery, Frito-Lay and KPMG.

Lee Enterprises [DAVENPORT, Iowa] (NYSE: LEE) has selected Corporate Controller Timothy R. Millage as vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Millage succeeds Ron Mayo, who resigned in June of this year. Millage joined Lee in 2010 as assistant corporate controller. He was named the company‘s corporate controller in 2012.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WATERTOWN, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EYPT) announced the appointment of David Price as Chief Financial Officer. Price most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Concordia International Corporation. Prior to Concordia, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Bioventus. In addition, Mr. Price served as Chief Financial Officer of Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. Mr. Price also served as Chief Financial Officer of EDGAR Online, Inc.

EQ Office [CHICAGO] announced that Michael Knott will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Knott spent the last 16 years at Green Street Advisors, and most recently served as Managing Director. He held various leadership positions during his Green Street tenure, including co-leading the firm’s overall REIT research team.

Cree, Inc. [DURHAM, N.C.] (NASDAQ: CREE) announced the appointment of Neill Reynolds as chief financial officer (CFO), effective Aug. 27. Reynolds will succeed Mike McDevitt at that time, per the transition plan announced in June. Reynolds joins from NXP Semiconductors N.V., where he serves as senior vice president of finance, strategy and procurement. Prior to NXP, his career includes more than 15 years as a finance leader with international technology companies including General Electric, where he held CFO positions in various businesses and served on management teams.

Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. [LAKEVILLE, Mass. and MIDDLEBORO, Mass.] announced the appointment of Joseph Vanderstelt as SVP, Chief Financial Officer. Vanderstelt most recently was Chief Financial Officer at Craft Brewer Alliance. Prior to joining Craft Brewer Alliance, Joe spent 14 years at MillerCoors and Miller Brewing Company in various strategy and finance roles including Sr. Director Finance and Strategy.

Virginie Costa

Godiva Chocolatier [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Virginie Costa as its Chief Financial Officer, effective August 6. Most recently, she served as Chief Financial & Operations Officer for Burberry Americas. Current Chief Financial Officer Selim Baraz has decided to leave the business at the end of December after six successful years in which he led the Global Finance, IT and Strategy teams.

Ziyen Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Dean Holter as Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel to Ziyen Inc. Prior to joining Ziyen, Dean served as General Counsel and CFO to Christensen Global Strategies.

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NYSE: SERV) announced it has promoted Brian K. Turcotte to chief financial officer of American Home Shield, leading up to the spinoff of that business. Most recently, Turcotte served as vice president of investor relations and treasurer for ServiceMaster. Previously he served as the business unit chief financial officer for American Home Shield and the Franchise Services Group, as well as vice president of finance for the consolidated marketing organization. Turcotte came to ServiceMaster after six years at Office Depot, where he served as vice president, finance and investor relations. He also worked at Xylem Global Partners, where he was vice president and equity analyst. Prior to that, Turcotte spent more than 25 years with International Paper holding a variety of leadership positions in investor relations, sales and marketing, global product development, and other functions at locations across the United States.

American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. [BEVERLY, Mass.] (NYSE: ARA) announced the appointment of Jason Boucher as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Boucher will succeed Jon Wilcox, who will be leaving the Company for another opportunity. Mr. Boucher currently serves as the Company’s Vice President of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Boucher has more than 20 years of leadership experience in finance and accounting roles, including seven years at the Company, and more than eight years with other publicly-traded companies.

Big Switch Networks [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced that Seamus Hennessy has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Big Switch, Hennessy spent eight years as CFO at Ruckus Wireless. Hennessy has also served in CFO roles at Cohesity, Aerohive Networks and Bubble Motion, as well as VP of Finance at NetScaler.

LLOG Exploration Company, L.L.C. [COVINGTON, La.] announced Phil Cossich, LLOG’s current Vice President of Planning and Budgeting, has been named Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Philip LeJeune, LLOG’s current Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, who has been named Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Cossich joined LLOG in 2011. Prior to joining LLOG, he was an associate at Macquarie focusing on acquisitions and divestitures for upstream E&P companies. Mr. Cossich began his career at Tristone Capital.

FULLBEAUTY Brands Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Bob Riesbeck as Chief Financial Officer. Riesbeck most recently served as CEO and President of HHGregg and was previously CFO. Prior to that leadership role, he served as an Operations Executive at Sun Capital Partners. Riesbeck previously held finance and operations roles at Nike and began his career with Grant Thornton LLP.

Sarah Hagan

ECi Software Solutions [FORT WORTH, Texas] announced the appointment of Sarah Hagan as Chief Financial Officer. She has replaced Glenn Etherington, who is retiring after serving as Chief Financial Officer for more than a decade. Previously, Hagan served as the Chief Financial Officer for Omnitracs. She has also held several senior positions and played a key leadership role at Sabre, and helped lead its successful IPO in 2014. Earlier in her career, she was an auditor with public accounting firm RCO.

Tennant Company [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TNC) announced the planned retirement of Tom Paulson, Tennant’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with an expected effective date in the first quarter of 2019.

Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. [TORRANCE, Calif.] has appointed Kurt Kruger as Chief Financial Officer. Kruger succeeds Willis C. Lee, who will continue as the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of Emmaus. Until recently, Mr. Kruger headed up the life sciences investment banking group for WR Hambrecht + Co. Early in his career, he served as a marketing manager for CPI/Guidant, now Boston Scientific. Kruger then went on to Wall Street where he continued to work in life sciences as a high-profile equities research analyst for two well-regarded investment banks, Hambrecht & Quist and Montgomery Securities (Banc of America Securities).

Re-Bath [PHOENIX] announced the hiring of Derek Fuller as Chief Financial Officer. Fuller joins the Re-Bath family after 16 years as the CFO and Vice President of Primrose Schools.

Fannie Mae [WASHINGTON] (OTCBB: FNMA) announced the promotion of Celeste Brown to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Celeste Brown joined Fannie Mae one year ago as Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer. She joined Fannie Mae following an 18-year career at Morgan Stanley.

VirtualArmour International Inc. [CENTENNIAL, Colo.] (CSE: VAI, OTCQB: VTLR) appointed Michael Panec as its new chief financial officer. Panec most recently served as chief operating officer at Innovest Systems. He earlier served in several roles of increasing responsibilities at Innovest, including as COO of its payment and fulfillment divisions, CFO of the Trust & Wealth division, and as director of technology. Before Innovest, Panec served as technology director at Optech Systems. Panec earlier served as vice president and manager of technology at Bankers Trust Company and Security Pacific National Bank.

Top Image Systems Ltd. [TEL AVIV, Israel and PLANO, Texas] (NASDAQ: TISA) announced the appointment of John London as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Top Image Systems, Mr. London was CFO of Magna5. Before that, he was EVP, Finance & Accounting, CFO, and Operations for Xerox Business Services. Prior to Xerox, Mr. London was CFO of Zenta. Earlier in his career, Mr. London was with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 11 years. Top Image Systems today also announces that Patti Barton will be leaving her position as Acting Chief Financial Officer of Top Image Systems in mid-August.

Kimberly Smith

Wetzel’s Pretzels [LOS ANGELES] announced that Kimberly Smith has joined the team as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Wetzel’s Pretzels, Smith served as PetSmart’s Vice President of Finance. During her nearly eleven years with the retailer, Smith served in various finance roles, including supporting financial planning & analysis. Earlier in her career, she worked in finance for the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Smith also previously held a financial leadership position at PepsiCo, serving as Plant Controller and leading the Cost Management Program.

Ayla Networks [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] has hired Dave Adams as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Adams previously ran the finance function for ChargePoint; had senior leadership roles at Fastly; was corporate controller for cloud content management at file sharing company Box; and served as a controller for Ion Torrent Systems. Earlier in his career, Adams held finance and accounting roles with VeriSign, Affymetrix, VIAVI Solutions/JDSU, eBay and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Womply [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Tony Grimminck as the company’s first chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Womply, Grimminck was CFO at HotelTonight, served in various executive roles at StubHub, and was a vice president at both Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan.

Pathmatics [SANTA MONICA, CALIF] announced that Pushkar Choudhuri joined as CFO. Pushkar most recently was CFO for ForwardLine Financial. Pushkar spent over 10 years with Barclays and Lehman Brothers, most recently as Managing Director for their financial services practice in Los Angeles

GuideSpark [REDWOOD CITY, CALIF.] announced the appointment of Valerie Burman as CFO and SVP Solutions & Strategy. Valerie’s career spans both public software companies such as SAP and Business Objects and private VC-backed SaaS companies such as Mindjet and Spigit.

Intent Solutions [ATLANTA] announced it has hired Nathan Dane as chief financial officer. In 2012, Dane joined EndoChoice. He later led finance and sales operations for the largest of Carestream Dental’s four global sales regions.

GroupBy Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced it has promoted Srikant Nayak to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to becoming GroupBy’s CFO, Srikant served as VP of Finance and Senior Director of Finance for GroupBy, having joined the company in 2015. Prior to joining GroupBy, Srikant served in various finance leadership roles, most recently serving as director of Homeland Energy Group. Srikant also served as VP of finance for Unit Park.

ProAssurance Corporation [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] (NYSE: PRA) announced that Dana S. Hendricks will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer for the company effective September 1, 2018. Ms. Hendricks is currently the Senior Vice President of Business Operations for the Podiatry Insurance Company of America (PICA), a ProAssurance subsidiary. Ms. Hendricks joined PICA in 2001 and has served in a number of executive-level positions; prior to being promoted to her current position, she was the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller for PICA. Prior to her tenure at PICA, she held various finance and data analysis positions with American General Life & Accident Insurance Company and held finance and accounting positions in both public and non-public companies. Hendricks replaces Ned Rand, who will take on the sole responsibility of being ProAssurance’s Chief Operating Officer.

FactSet [NORWALK, Conn.] announced that Helen Shan will join as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in September 2018. Shan will join FactSet following her position at Marsh and McLennan Companies, where she was CFO for Mercer. Prior to Mercer, Shan has held the role of Vice President and Treasurer for both Marsh and McLennan Companies and Pitney Bowes Inc. and of Managing Director at J.P. Morgan. There will be a transition period when Shan joins with current CFO Maurizio Nicolelli, who will remain an employee with FactSet through December 2018.

Ravi Mallela

First Hawaiian, Inc. [HONOLULU] (NASDAQ: FHB), the parent company of First Hawaiian Bank, announced that it has appointed Ravi Mallela Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of First Hawaiian, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank. Mallela plans to join First Hawaiian, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank in September. Mallela joins from First Republic Bank, where he served as Senior Vice President, Head of Finance and Treasury.

DriveTime [TEMPE, Ariz.] announced the appointment of Mary Leigh Phillips as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Phillips has more than 10 years of banking and capital markets experience with Wells Fargo and most recently served as a Director for Asset-Backed Finance with Wells Fargo Securities. Ms. Phillips specialized in executing lending facilities and capital markets transactions for auto finance companies, including DriveTime, since 2011. Kurt Wood, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will transition out of his role as CFO of the Company. Mr. Wood has served the Company as Chief Financial Officer for four years.

CLS Holdings USA, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTCQB: CLSH) announced the appointment of Frank Tarantino as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CLS, Mr. Tarantino was the COO/CFO of Wild Things. Prior to Wild Things, Mr. Tarantino worked as the Vice President of Finance at Cornerstone Brands. In the early stages of his career, Mr. Tarantino worked as an auditor for Coopers and Lybrand, now Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

TeraThink Corporation [RESTON, Va.] announced the addition of Steve Hamric as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hamric joins TeraThink after nearly eight years as the CFO and Senior Vice President of iGov. Prior to that, Hamric served for seven years as the CFO of Athena Technologies, Inc.

The New York Times Company [NEW YORK] announced that Roland A. Caputo has been named chief financial officer. Caputo has been executive vice president of The Times’s Print Products and Services Group since March, 2013. In addition, he has been the company’s interim C.F.O. since March 1st of this year. Mr. Caputo began his career as a financial analyst at Gimbels. He joined The Times in 1986 and has served in a series of key financial and strategic roles in various parts of the organization. Prior to his current role, Mr. Caputo was senior vice president and chief financial officer for The New York Times Media Group where he was responsible for the financial functions at The New York Times, NYTimes.com and The International Herald Tribune. In prior roles, he oversaw all of The Times’s circulation business, production, distribution and labor relations.

Papa John’s International, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NASDAQ: PZZA) announced that Joe Smith, most recently Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Development for Papa John’s, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Smith, has approximately 33 years of experience in finance, development and auditing, and is a Certified Public Accountant. He joined Papa John’s in 2000, serving most recently as Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Development since 2016 and as Vice President, Global Sales and Development from 2010 to 2016. He served as Vice President of Corporate Finance from 2005 to 2010 and as Senior Director of Corporate Budgeting and Finance from 2000 to 2005. Prior to joining Papa John’s, Mr. Smith served as Corporate Controller for United Catalysts, Inc. from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Smith began his career in public accounting in 1985 at Ernst & Young.

Prezi [SAN FRANCISCO] appointed a new chief financial officer, Narayan Menon. Menon has extensive experience with companies like Cisco, Skype, Microsoft, and Intuit.

CNA Financial Corporation [CHICAGO] announced that D. Craig Mense, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the Company, effective December 31, 2018. James Anderson, Senior Vice President and Head of Financial Planning & Analysis and Corporate Development, has been named as Mense’s successor. Anderson joined CNA in 2012 and has been a key member of the Finance leadership team since that time. Before joining CNA, Anderson spent nearly a decade in investment banking focused on the insurance industry, ultimately as a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital. That experience followed five years of consulting at Accenture. It is expected that Mense will officially transition the CFO role to Anderson during the third quarter of 2018. Mense will remain with CNA through his retirement date.

David F. Ertel

Vizient, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] announced that David F. Ertel will join the company as its chief financial officer on May 22, 2018. Ertel previously served as CFO and chief strategy officer at the University of Miami Health System & Miller School of Medicine. Prior to that, he held positions at Einstein Healthcare Network and Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, which is affiliated with the Thomas Jefferson University, Morgan Stanley’s National Health Care Group in New York, the Health Care Public Finance Group at PaineWebber in New York and the New Jersey State Department of Human Services.

Paciolan [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that Kimberly Boren has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Boren joins Paciolan from AutoWeb, where she held several roles with an increasing level of responsibility over her 10-year history with the company. She has served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer since April 2015. Boren has also held high-level financial management positions with Experian, Honeywell International, and Shepherd Packaging & Container.

SPINS [CHICAGO] announced Chris Locke as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SPINS, Locke was most recently the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of HelloWorld Inc. Locke has also held Chief Financial Officer or Chief Operating Officer positions at SingleHop, Fooda, and Rewards Network.

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. [WYOMISSING, Pa.] (NASDAQ: GLPI) announced that William J. Clifford, Chief Financial Officer, will retire after 17 years with the Company and its predecessor, Penn National Gaming, Inc. Mr. Clifford’s retirement will be effective August 31, 2018. Mr. Clifford will continue in his current role as CFO until May 4, 2018, at which point he will become a senior advisor to the Company and Steven T. Snyder will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis.

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. [MCLEAN, Va.] (NASDAQ: SONA) announced that Joseph D. Pennington, currently Vice President and Director of Financial Reporting for Southern National, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Southern National, effective April 30, 2018. Pennington was Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of New Peoples Bankshares, Inc. in Honaker, Virginia from February of 2015 until July 2017. From October 2012 until February 2015, Mr. Pennington was a Senior Manager at Elliott Davis Decosimo, LLC.

Jabil Inc. [ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.] (NYSE: JBL) announced that Chief Financial Officer Forbes I.J. Alexander has elected to retire from his role effective August 31, 2018, following a distinguished 25-year career with the Company. The Company announced that Michael K. Dastoor, Senior Vice President, Controller will succeed Forbes as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 1, 2018. Michael joined Jabil in 2000 as Regional Controller, Asia Pacific and was promoted to Controller in 2004.

PureTech Health plc [BOSTON] (LSE: PRTC) announced the appointment of Joep Muijrers, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer after 11 successful years as a Partner and Portfolio Manager at LSP (Life Sciences Partners). Prior to joining LSP, Dr. Muijrers served as Director Corporate Finance and Capital Markets at Fortis Bank, currently part of ABN AMRO.

The Cooper Companies, Inc. [PLEASANTON, Calif.] (NYSE: COO) announced that Brian Andrews has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of The Cooper Companies effective May 1, 2018. Andrews will succeed Albert White as Chief Financial Officer who, as previously announced, will assume the role of President and Chief Executive Officer on May 1, 2018. Andrews began his career at Cooper in 2006 as Assistant Treasurer and served in that role until 2013 when he was promoted to Treasurer. He was promoted to Vice President in 2015 and added the role of Vice President, Global Logistics and Service for CooperSurgical in 2017. Prior to joining Cooper, he held various corporate and investment banking positions at KeyBanc Capital Markets and at ING Barings.

Kite Realty Group Trust [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: KRG) announced that Daniel R. Sink, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), will be leaving the Company when his employment agreement expires on June 30, 2018. Mr. Sink has served in his current role since the Company’s initial public offering in 2004, and he will be assisting with the transition until his contract expires.

Gino Cayanan

Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union (LAPFCU) [VAN NUYS, Calif.] appointed Angelino “Gino” Cayanan as Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before coming to LAPFCU, Cayanan served as the CFO and Chief Operating Officer for CBC Federal Credit Union, from 2013 to 2017. Before providing leadership at CBC Federal Credit Union, Cayanan served as CFO and Vice President of Finance for five years at Unitus Community Credit, Portland, OR. Prior to that, he served as CFO and Vice President of Finance at Community One Federal Credit Union, in Las Vegas, NV.

Allan Woodward

Healogics [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced that it has appointed Allan Woodwardto serve as Chief Financial Officer. Woodward was most recently at eviCore Healthcare as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Strategy over the post-acute care and consumer engagement programs.

iconectiv [BRIDGEWATER, N.J.] announced the appointment of Jamie K. Oliver as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Oliver has previously held finance leadership positions at several telecommunications companies including Global Crossing and Cable and Wireless and has held CFO positions at several successful private equity-backed technology firms.

Granite Construction Incorporated [WATSONVILLE, Calif.] (NYSE: GVA) announced the planned retirement of Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer (CFO), Laurel J. Krzeminski, in the second half of 2018. Krzeminski will continue in her role as CFO until her successor is appointed.

Erica McLaughlin

Cabot Corporation [BOSTON] (NYSE: CBT) announced that Eduardo Cordeiro, executive vice president, chief financial officer (CFO) andpresident of the Americas Region, will retire from Cabot at the end of 2018. He will step down from these roles effective May 15, 2018 at which time Erica McLaughlin, the Company’s vice president of business operations for Cabot’s Reinforcement Materials segment and general manager of the tire business, will become senior vice president and CFO. McLaughlin joined Cabot in April 2002, and has held a variety of roles within the finance organization and Cabot’s global businesses. Erica started in Cabot’s finance organization and held positions of increasing responsibility, including global finance director for the carbon black business. She then served as vice president of investor relations and corporate communications.

Kaleido Biosciences [BEDFORD, Mass.] announced the appointment of Joshua Brumm as chief financial officer. Most recently, Brumm served as CFO and chief operating officer at Versartis, Inc. Prior to that, he was executive vice president of finance and principal financial officer at Pharmacyclics, Inc., and CFO at ZELTIQ Aesthetics, Inc. Brumm also was director of finance at Proteolix, Inc. He also held investment banking roles at Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Morgan Stanley.

Christopher Jensen

Elanco Animal Health [GREENFIELD, Ind.], a division of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), named Christopher Jensenas senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Jensen was most recently CFO for Celanese Corporation. He also spent 13 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in audit and transaction services.

Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (OTCQB: INNV) announced the hiring of Ryan Selhorn as its new Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. From July 2013 to April 2018, Selhorn was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of Signature Analytics, an outsourced finance and accounting firm. From October 2003 to July 2013, he was an Audit Senior Manager with Grant Thornton LLP.

Fusion Bank [LAS VEGAS] announced Derek Scallet as its choice for Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Scallet was CFO for a $30+ billion private equity-held mortgage bank with more than 2,000 employees. He also held the same office at a privately held OEM aerospace supplier and a privately held telecom services provider. Prior to his position as CFO for these companies, Scallet worked as both an external and internal strategic advisor to Fujitsu IT Holdings. He fulfilled the role of Vice President of Finance of two companies: Enhanced Information Systems; and Power Cooling Systems.

HYPERAMS, LLC [WOOD DALE, ILL.] announced that Robert Pabst has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Pabst joins the team with many years of finance and accounting experience, including as Assistant Controller for TPG portfolio company Enlivant Senior Living and as a Manager at KPMG.

Nativo [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Woo Kim to Chief Financial Officer. He joined Nativo in 2015 as SVP of Finance. Prior to Nativo, he served as CFO at Kikin.

SELLAS Life Sciences Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: SLS) announced the appointment of Gene Mackas Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mack was most recently with Nicox, SA. Mack also held finance and business development positions at Ascendia Pharmaceuticals and Edge Therapeutics. Mack also spent over 13 years as a senior publishing analyst in life sciences equity research at Brean Capital, Lazard, and HSBC Capital Markets. Mr. Mack began his career conducting clinical research at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Interim Chief Financial Officer Aleksey Krylovwill remain with SELLAS until July 15.

InfuSystem Holdings, Inc. [MADISON HEIGHTS, MICH.] (NYSE American: INFU) announced the hiring of Greg Schulte as its chief financial officer. Schulte was previously vice president and corporate controller at Innocor, Inc. Prior to joining Innocor, he held positions as chief financial officer, vice president, and corporate controller at various public and private equity owned corporations.

Jill Woodworth

Peloton [NEW YORK] announced that Jill Woodworthhas been named as Chief Financial Officer. Woodworth joins Peloton with 20+ years of experience in the finance world, 12 of those at JP Morgan. Most recently, she led JP Morgan’s disruptive commerce group, a joint venture designed to bridge the gap between technology and retail client coverage.

PRA Health Sciences, Inc. [RALEIGH, N.C.] (NASDAQ: PRAH) announced that Linda Baddour, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will retire from her position as CFO, effective May 1, 2018. Ms. Baddour will remain as Executive Vice President of the Company through September 30, 2018, to assist with the transition of her responsibilities and act as a special advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Company announced that Michael J. Bonello has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2018. Mr. Bonello currently serves as Senior Vice President, Accounting and Corporate Controller for PRA Health Sciences, after having joined the Company in 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bonello held positions with Cree, Inc., where he was Director of Finance/Corporate Controller, and Genworth Financial (formerly GE Mortgage Insurance Corporation) where he served as Vice President, Domestic Controller and Global Reporting Leader. Mr. Bonello also served for seven years in the audit practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

Extended Stay America, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] and its paired-share REIT, ESH Hospitality, Inc. (“ESH”) (NYSE: STAY) announced that Brian T. Nicholson will be appointed to serve as the next Chief Financial Officer of both companies prior to their May 16, 2018 annual meetings of shareholders. Mr. Nicholson returns to the Company after serving in executive roles with multi-unit, consumer-facing companies over the past three years. Since 2016, he has served as Chief Financial Officer for The Fresh Market, Inc., where he also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from June 2017 to September 2017. From 2015 to 2016, Mr. Nicholson was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Driven Brands, Inc. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Nicholson was the Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis for the Company. He previously served in finance, strategy, and consulting roles for The Fresh Market, Inc. and ScottMadden, Inc.

Jericho Oil Corporation [TULSA, Okla. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia] (TSX-V: JCO, OTC PINK: JROOF) announced that due to an extended medical leave of its Chief Financial Officer, Robin Peterson, it has appointed Benjamin Holman as interim CFO of Jericho. Holman has more than 17 years’ experience in accounting and business administration in the oil and gas industry, including senior positions at Apco Oil and Gas International Inc., a former subsidiary of The Williams Companies and WPX Energy. He has been working with Jericho at its Tulsa operational headquarters since November 2017.